Geography Assignment 2013 MOUNT KOSCIUZKO Fact File: Latitude 36.4560° S‚ Longitude 148.2633° E Altitude 2‚228 m Climate Higher regions experience an alpine climate‚ and the peak of the mountain is subject to heavy winter snow. Temperature ranges from -6º to 21º. The mountain experiences four distinct seasons and the climate can be very unpredictable at times. Communities Equipment: Warm suitable clothes Thermals
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direction of the ship. The astrolabe was another big device. This was created in the 1400’s. The astrolabe measured the angles of the sun and stars above the horizon. The mercator projection was made in 1569 and this was a map projection that showed latitude and longitude as straight lines. Also the sextant‚ which was made about the 1500’s then remodeled in 1730‚ was an interesting. This device was for determining the altitude of the sun or stars. 8. Mercatilisim is an economic theory popular in the
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Star Cluster: Spread out Far away Some are brighter than other Not uniformed Different colors Thinking about science: Gather information about the universe through observations and experiments Organize the information we gather Develop theories to explain observations and predict future observations Test these theories with more observations Powerful- sometime beyond intuition Astronomical numbers Light travels at 300‚000‚000 meter per second There are 100 billion stars
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material necessary to utilize these tools is contained in each section. Terrestrial Coordinates Work through the explanatory material on units of longitude and latitude‚ finding longitude and latitude‚ and a bit of history (optional). Open the flat map explorer. Familiarize yourself with the cursor and how it prints out the longitude and latitude of the active map location. Note that you can vary the central meridian of the map (i.e. change its longitude). Use the “shift map” arrows at the top of the
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the soil layer which is essential to plant life. The Hydrosphere is very important because it has all the water on earth. This is in the form of ice sheets‚ liquid or vapor‚ and they are all essential to the survival of living things. 12. Latitudes are the angular distance of a point on the earth that are north and south of the equator and run east and west. Parallels are the lines that connect this points running east and west and divide up the earth into equal parts. These lines help show
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calculation provides sufficient accuracy with much less complexity. The following approximate distance calculations are relatively simple‚ but can produce distance errors of 10 percent of more. These approximate calculations are performed using latitude and longitude values in degrees. The first approximation requires only simple math functions: Approximate distance in miles: sqrt(x * x + y * y) where x = 69.1 * (lat2 - lat1) and y = 53.0 * (lon2 - lon1) You can improve the accuracy
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Celestial Sphere Terminology 1 Celestial Sphere:What we see‚ it contains the stars‚ planets‚ Sun‚ and Moon Celestial Equator- the imaginary line that divides the planet into Northern and Southern hemispheres. The celestial equator is a similar imaginary circle around the celestial sphere‚ also known as the visible universe. The celestial equator divides the visible universe in two‚ creating the Northern and Southern celestial hemispheres. This helps us locate celestial bodies. Ecliptics -an imaginary
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b) The Five Themes of Geography * Location (Absolute and Relative) * Absolute and relative locations are 2 ways of describing the positions of the Earth’s physical and cultural features. * Ex: Mogadishu‚ Somalia‚ is at 2 degrees north latitude‚ 45 degrees east longitude. * Place (Physical and Human Characteristics) * All places on Earth have special features that distinguish them from other places. * Ex: Lake Baikal is 25 million years old‚ more than one mile wide‚ and contains
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Tools used to measure latitude (Lesson 02.01) (use the first resource in this lesson to help you) Be able to list and describe the 3 main tools used to measure latitude in early navigation Sextant- allowed users to determine their latitude to within a sea mile or two The gnomon or sun-shadow disk- operated like a sundial‚ enabling the user to determine his latitude by the length of the sun’s shadow cast on a disk floating level in water. The Arabian kamal- a rectangular plate that one moved
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The time between two successive superior conjunctions of Mars is equal to _____. * A Martian year * The time it takes for Mars to complete one orbit around the Sun * One Earth year * The synodic period of Mars Your outstretched hand at arm’s length covers about 20 degrees across the sky. * True * False When does Venus appear opposite to the Sun in the sky? * At inferior conjunction * At superior conjunction * At opposition * Never‚ because Venus
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