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A Journey Through Latitude & Longitude
Created by Mrs. Robertson All sites active March 2009
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!
Quest #1 – Where are we?
Locations on Earth can be described by
_______________ and _______________.
http://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Slatlong.htm
What is the name of an address of a specific
location on Earth? ____________________
http://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Slatlong.htm
Like the roads in Cedar City, lines of latitude
and longitude form what? __________
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/leveson/core/linksa/longlat.html
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
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
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.html
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.
Quest 6 – Show how much you know.
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.
Congratulations –
You have completed your journey!