table of contents title: chapter 2 - mapping our world –page #: 17 –date: 9/19/2012
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Objectective
• Students will be able to locate lines of latitude on a map.
• Students will be able to explain how lines of latitude are derived.
• Students will be able to convert degrees, minutes and seconds into kilometers.
Words of the Day
• Angle - A measure of rotation expressed in degrees, minutes and seconds.
• Degree (º)- A measure of rotation. There are 360º in a circle.
• Minute (’) - One sixtieth of a degree.• Second (”) - One sixtieth of a minute.
Chapter 2 - Mapping Our World2.1 Latitude and Longitude
**Lines of Latitude and Longitude are used to locate places on Earth.**
Latitude•Map - A flat model of the earth.
•Cartography - Science of making maps.Cartographers use a grid of parallel lines to locate exact point on Earth (coordinates.)
Chapter 2 - Mapping Our World2.1 Latitude and Longitude
• Equator - Horizontal line that separates the earth in half. •Latitude - Lines that are parallel to the equator. (“Flatitude”)
•Measures distance in degrees away from the equator which is at 0º Latitude.•North Pole = 90º North Latitude (above the equator.)•South Pole = 90º South Latitude (below the equator.)
Chapter 2 - Mapping Our World2.1 Latitude and Longitude
Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
Equator (0º Latitude)
90º South Latitude
90º North Latitude
Chapter 2 - Mapping Our World2.1 Latitude and Longitude
Where do degrees of Latitude come from?•Earth is a sphere. The equator is the X-axis.
•Put sphere on an axis and measure the angle in degrees away from the origin O.
O
45º North Latitude
45º South Latitude
- 45º angle
+ 45º angle
Chapter 2 - Mapping Our World2.1 Latitude and Longitude
• Degrees are divided into smaller units called “minutes.” ( ’ ) Minutes are divided into smaller units called “seconds.” ( ” )
•Earth’s circumference = 40,000km.•1 Degree = 40,000km / 360º = 111km.•1 Minute = 1 degree / 60 = 111km / 60 = 1.85km.•1 Second = 1 minute / 60 = 1.85km / 60 = 0.031km.
Word of the Day
• Nautical Mile: One minute of arc length of latitude or longitude at the equator, or 1852m.
Chapter 2 - Mapping Our World2.1 Latitude and Longitude
**Lines of Latitude and Longitude are used to locate places on Earth.**
Longitude - The distance east or west of the Prime Meridian: The prime meridian = 0º Longitude. It is a vertical line that runs through the Royal Naval Observatory in Greenwich, England.
Longitude
•Lines of Longitude are not parallel.
•They are semicircles from the North Pole to the South Pole.
•Degrees Longitude are measured East and West of the Prime Meridian.
Degrees of Longitude
•Degrees are measurements of distances between lines of longitude.•Distance change based on corresponding Latitude.
•1 Degree longitude at equator = 111km. •1 Degree longitude at poles = 0km
•Longitude is also divided into Minutes ( ’ ) and Seconds ( ” ).
Coordinates:
•To locate an exact location you need both degrees Latitude and degrees Longitude.
•A coordinate set: (Latitude, Longitude)
•In the picture, Charlotte is located at (35º14’N,80º50’W)
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Time Zones:
•Objective: Students will be able to add and subtract time.•Students will be able to convert local time to Greenwich Mean Time.
Time Zones:
•Because there are 24 hours in a day, there are 24 time zones. •Each time zone is 15º Longitude wide.•In the U.S. we have 6 time zones.
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