PSC 121
GAGE
FALL 2005
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NAME ______________________________
DATE ______________________________
PERFORMANCE TASK #2
Identify the features shown on the slides by the instructor and explain your choice. Add
any additional information requested under the identity line.
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Provide the information requested below using the appropriate map or globe.
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EARTH
Provide the longitude and latitude for the locations below using any globe in the room.
Location
Gabarone, Botswana
Tokyo, Japan
MOON
Latitude
Longitude
Use one of the Moon maps in the room.
Provide a lunar feature that is at the same approximate latitude as the crater Clavius but in
the opposite hemisphere.
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Provide the name of a lunar feature that has approximately the same longitude as crater
Theophilis but is in the opposite hemisphere.
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MARS
Use one of the Mars maps in the room.
What is the distance in kilometers from the center of the caldera of Olympus Mons to the
center of the caldera of Arsia Mons?
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What are the latitude and longitude for the lowest point on Mars?
Latitude __________________
Longitude ______________________
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On the tables you will find a map of a section of New York State. Attached this test is a
portion of the same map. Use both of these to answer the questions that follow. DO
NOT MAKE ANY MARKS ON THE TOPOGRAPHIC MAP. You must write whatever
is necessary on the smaller attached portion.
a. What is the map scale? What does it mean?
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b. Circle a relatively flat area in red and label it with an F.
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c. Circle a very steep segment in green and label it S.
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d. Determine the stream gradient for the portion of a creek highlighted on your map. Show
your work here.
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e. Describe the general terrain in the portion of the map attached.
f. What is the distance from Point A to Point B?
g. Draw the profile along the axis line from A to B.
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