A Journey Through Latitude

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A Journey Through Latitude Longitude

• Created by Mrs. Robertson
• All sites active March 2008

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The Procedure

• All of the questions and links are included in
  this presentation, but all of your answers must
  be put on the answer sheet.
• Before you begin print the answer sheet. (PDF)
• You may now begin your scavenger hunt!

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Quest 1 Where are we?

• Locations on Earth can be described by
• _______________ and _______________.
• http//www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Slatlong.ht
  m
• What is the name of an address of a specific
• location on Earth? ____________________
• http//www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Slatlong.ht
  m
• Like the roads in Cedar City, lines of latitude
• and longitude form what? __________
• http//academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/leveson/
  core/linksa/longlat.html

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Quest 2 Around and around

• The parallel lines that go around the Earth are
  called
• _______________ or _____________________.
• http//academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/leveson/
  core/linksa/latitude.html
• 0 in latitude is called the ____________________.
  
• http//academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/leveson/
  core/linksa/latitude.html
• 90 north of the equator is called the
  ____________.
• http//academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/leveson/
  core/linksa/latitude.html
• 90 south of the equator is called
  the____________.
• http//academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/leveson/
  core/linksa/latitude.html

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Quest 3 Up and down

• The lines that connect the poles are called
• _______________ or __________________.
• http//academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/leveson/
  core/linksa/longitude.html
• 0 in longitude is called the ______________.
• http//academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/leveson/
  core/linksa/longitude.html

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Quest 4 Where in the world? Part 1

• What are the latitude and longitude locations of
  
• Hickory, North Carolina? ________________
• Glens Falls, New York? ________________
• Cheyenne, Wyoming? ________________
  http//www.bcca.org/misc/qiblih/latlong_us.html
• What are the latitude and longitude locations of
  
• Athens, Greece? ________________
• Porto Alegre, Brazil? ________________
• Vladivostok, Russia? ________________
• http//www.bcca.org/misc/qiblih/latlong_oc.h
  tml

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Quest 5 Where in the World! Part 2

• Go to http//astro.uchicago.edu/cara/southpole.edu
  /latlong.html and read the information and
  directions. Locate the chart in direction VI.
• Complete the chart on your answer sheet with the
  exact latitude and longitude addresses of the
  locations in the provided list.
• Instead of using a map use http//www.confluence.
  org/search.php to determine which cities Janice
  and Randy visited.
• Complete the chart as you search each location.
• You can also visit the Follow our Progress link
  for more information.                           

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Quest 6 Show how much you know.

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• Take the latitude and longitude quiz
  http//academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/leveson/
  core/linksa/longlatquiz1.html  
• Make sure to read the directions.
• HINT- Read the information next to the globe that
  reminds you of the number of degrees between each
  line of latitude and longitude.
                               

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• Congratulations
• You have completed your journey!