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    Table of Contents

    • Title: Chapter 2 - Mapping our World


    – Page #: 17
    – Date: 9/19/2012
    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 World
    2.1 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 World
    2.1 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 World
    2.1 Latitude and Longitude

    90º North Latitude


    Northern Hemisphere

    Equator (0º Latitude)

    Southern Hemisphere

    90º South Latitude


    Chapter 2 - Mapping Our World
    2.1 Latitude and Longitude
    Where do degrees of Latitude come from?
    •Earth is a sphere. The equator is the X-axis.

    45º North Latitude

    + 45º angle
    O
    - 45º angle

    45º South Latitude

    •Put sphere on an axis and measure the angle


    in degrees away from the origin O.
    Chapter 2 - Mapping Our World
    2.1 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.
    Classwork
    • Read Daring Travelers complete
    questions.
    Word of the Day
    • Nautical Mile: One minute of arc
    length of latitude or longitude at the
    equator, or 1852m.
    Chapter 2 - Mapping Our World
    2.1 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: QuickTime™ and a


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    (Latitude, Longitude)

    •In the picture,


    Charlotte is located at
    (35º14’N,80º50’W)
    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.

    QuickTime™ and a
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    •The International Date Line is the transition line for calendar
    days.
    •It is 180º opposite of the Prime Meridian.
    •If you cross it going west, you advance a day.
    •If you cross it going east, you go back a day.

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