LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE ACTIVITY
Part A. (knowledge) Answer in your books
1. What are the lines of latitude on each of the borders of the main island?
2. What are the lines of longitude on each of the borders of the main island?
3. What is located at 4S and 179W?
4. What is located at 0 and 179E?
5. What is located at 177W and extends between 2N and 4N latitude?
6. What is located between 2N and 3N and 178E and 179E?
7. Between what two lines of longitude does the large, central mountain range
extend?
8. At which point does the river split into two branches?
9. Give the degrees of latitude and longitude of the channel.
Part B. (thinking) Answer on map
Use the lines of latitude and longitude on the map provided to plot the locations
of the towns and cities listed in Table 1. Place a dot on the map where each city
or town is located. Print the first letter of the name of the city or town next to
the dot.
Table 1. Locations of Towns and Cities by Degrees of Latitude and Longitude
Town
Latitude
Longitude
Neli
5N
178W
Pandang
3N
177W
Sintang
1S
177.5W
Kuala
1S
178E
Muna
3S
179E
Bura
1N
178W
Alusi
4N
179E
Tempino
1N
178E
Leti
0
179W
Raba
3N
180
Gomogomo
4S
178W
Part C. (application) Answer on map
Make roads on the map by connecting the following towns and cities with straight dashed lines. Remember, roads do not go directly through huge mountain ranges or directly
across lakes. You will have to pick sensible routes.
Alusi to Raba
Raba to Tempino
Raba to Leti
Leti to Bura
Kuala to Tempino
Sintang to Bura
Sintang to Gomogomo
Muna to Gomogomo
Muna to Kuala
Part D. (application) Answer on map
Assume that the distance covered by 1 of latitude or longitude is 110 km. Measure the distance in centimeters between 179W and 180. Then divide 110 km by this
measurement to find out how many kilometers equal 1cm on the map. What is the scale of your map?
Part E. (application) Answer on map
Use the scale you developed in Part D to find the following distances (BE SURE TO LABEL YOUR ANSWERS IN KILOMETRES):
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Bura to Gomogomo by road.
Tempino to Gomogomo by air
Muna to Neli by air.
Pandang to Kuala by air.
What is the shortest distance by road you can travel to get from Alusi to Gomogomo? (Measure the distance to the nearest centimeter, then convert to kilometres.)
If you had to make a round trip journey by air between Alusi and Gomogomo, what distance would you have to travel?
Marking Scheme
KnowledgeThinking-
/10
(Part A)
/10
CommunicationApplication -
/20
(Part B)
/10
– for overall neatness of activity
(Parts CDE)