Solution Manual for Physical Geography Laboratory Manual, 12th Edition

EXERCISE 2: Location Name __________________________________________   Section ____________________ Exercise 2 Problems/soLUtioNs—Part II 1. 2. 3. Using a globe, determine the latitude and longitude of the following cities. Be sure to indicate if the location is north or south latitude, and east or west ­longitude. Indicate latitude and longitude to the nearest whole degree (round down if less than 30′; round up if 30′ or more). City Latitude Longitude (a) Chicago, Illinois 42° N ________ 88° W ________ (b) Tokyo, Japan 35° N ________ 140° E ________ (c) Sydney, Australia 35° S ________ 151° E ________ (d) Singapore 1° N ________ 104° E ________ (e) Buenos Aires, Argentina 35° S ________ 58° W ________ Using a globe, determine which major city is located at the following coordinates: Latitude Longitude City (a) 14° N 100° E Bangkok _________________________ (b) 56° N 38° E Moscow _________________________ (c) 19° N 99° W Mexico City _________________________ (d) 1° S 37° E Nairobi _________________________ (e) 37° S 175° E Auckland _________________________ (a) What is the latitude and longitude of your school? (Estimate to the nearest minute of latitude and longitude; be sure to indicate if the location is north or south latitude, and east or west longitude.) (b) What resource did you use to determine this? 7 Copyright © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc. M02_HESS1011_12_SE_C02.indd 7 8/11/16 8:10 PM Physical Geography Laboratory Manual Name___________________________________________   Section_____________________ Exercise 2 Problems/soLUtioNs—Part II 1. 2. 3. 4. On the diagram shown, plot the following coordinates with a dot. Then label each dot with its corresponding letter. (a) 10° N, 40° W (b) 50° N, 40° E (c) 40° N, 25° W (d) 5° S, 10° W (e) 65° N, 70° E Use the index of an atlas to find the following places. Determine the latitude and longitude to the nearest degree. Place Latitude Longitude (a) Pusan (Busan) 35° N ________ 129° E ________ (b) Reykjavik (Reikjavik) 64° N ________ 22° W ________ (c) Walvis Bay 23° S ________ 14° E ________ (d) Tuvalu (Ellice Islands) 8° S ________ 177° E ________ If you start at the equator and travel to 10° N, approximately how many kilometers (or miles) north of the equator will you be? Take the circumference of Earth to be 40,000 kilometers (24,900 miles). Show your calculations. 40,000/360 = 111.1 km/degree = 1111 (approx. 1100 km) 24,900/360 = 69.2 mi./degree = 692 mi. (approx. 690 mi.) If you travel west through 10° of longitude along the equator, the distance traveled will be very different from the distance traveled through 10° of longitude at 60° N. Why? Meridians converge at the poles and so are closer together at 60° N than at 0°. 8 Copyright © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc. M02_HESS1011_12_SE_C02.indd 8 8/11/16 8:10 PM