Brittney Brandt
CEC WD 2
01/06/11
Table of Contents

Continents

Oceans
Climate Zones & Latitude
Global Wind Patterns

Nike Shoe
Investigation

Continents
North America
Europe
Asia
Africa
South
America
Australia
Antarctica
Oceans
Artic
Ocean
Atlantic
Ocean
Pacific
Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Indian
Ocean
Southern Ocean
Latitude & Longitude
SE
T
LA
LO
NY
NO
MC
MO
B
Y
C
Atlantic
Ocean
H
MU
NA
LI
R
CT
X
Indian
Ocean
TK
J
SY
Latitude & Longitude
1. Draw a red line along the equator (0 degrees latitude).
2. Draw a purple line along the Prime Meridian (0
degrees longitude).
3. In which ocean is the location 10 degrees S latitude,
75 degrees E longitude located? Mark it on the map
with a blue "X" and write the name of the ocean.
4. In which ocean is the location 30 degrees N latitude,
60 degrees W longitude located? Mark it on the map
with a blue "Y" and write the name of the ocean.
Latitude & Longitude Cont.
5. Mark the following cities
on the map in red:
B. Beijing: 40°N, 116°E
C. Cairo: 30°N, 31°E
CT. Cape Town: 34°S, 18°E
H. Hong Kong: 22°N, 114°E
J. Jakarta: 6°S, 106°E
LA. Los Angeles: 34°N,
118°W
LI. Lima: 12°S, 77°W
LO. London: 51°N, 0°W
MC. Mexico City: 19°N, 99°W
MO. Moscow: 55°N, 37°E
MU. Mumbai: 19°N, 72°E
NA. Nairobi: 1°S, 37°E
NO. New Orleans: 30°N,
90°W
NY. New York: 40°N, 74°W
R, Rio de Janeiro: 23°S,
43°W
SE. Seattle: 47°N, 122°W
SY. Sydney: 34°S, 151°E
TK. Tokyo: 35°N, 139°E
T. Toronto: 43°N, 79°W
T. Toronto: 43°N, 79°W
Climate Zones & Latitude
Polar Zone 66.5°N-90°N
Temperate Zone 23.5°N- 66.5° N
Tropic Zone 23.5° N- 23.5° S
Temperate Zone 23.5°S- 66.5° S
Polar Zone 66.5°S-90°S
Global Winds Patterns
Polar Cells
Rising
Air
Ferrell Cells
Polar easterlies
60°
N
Sinking
Air
Westerlies
30°
N
Trade Winds
0°Hadley
Cells
Rising Air
30°
S
Westerlies
Polar Easterlies
60°
s
Nike Shoe Investigation
1
4
7
3
2
3
5
6
8
9
10
Pacific Ocean Map
1
9
North Equatorial
North Pacific
8
Equatorial Counter
4
7 5 3
3
2
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Nike
Shoe
Investigation
Cont.
ANALYSIS OF DATA:
1- Define these terms: (a) gyre (b) current (c) eddy
(a)a circular course or motion
(b)moving in a certain direction
(c)a small whirlpool
2- By looking at the data you plotted on your map, write a sentence or two describing
the general shape of the route or pathway
taken by the drifting shoes.
Most of the shoes drifted west toward Western America. A majority of the drifting shoes
landed in California.
3- Write a few sentences EXPLAINING this pathway using appropriate terms from #1
above.
The currents moved the shoes away from Asia, and west toward America. During the
shoes' travel toward America, it is possible that the shoes got caught in an eddy or gyre.
4- Using an atlas or other reference showing the major surface currents in the Pacific
Ocean, (a) List the names for each of the
currents that affected the distribution of the shoes, and (b) write them on you map
showing their correct location.
(a)North Pacific, North Equatorial, Equatorial Counter
Extra
5- Using a more detailed map or an atlas showing the Pacific Ocean with a
distance scale, calculate approximately how far the
shoes traveled between the point where they spilled and their first landfall.
6- Considering the distance you figured in #5, and the time it took for the shoes
to make their first landfall, (a) What was the
speed of the current moving those shoes in kilometers per day? (b) miles per
day? (c) kilometers per hour? (d) miles per hour?
7- Calculate approximately how far the shoes traveled between California and
Hawaii.
8- Considering the distance you figured in #6, and the time it took for the shoes
to move from California to Hawaii (a) What
was the speed of the current moving those shoes in kilometers per day? (b)
miles per day? (c) kilometers per hour? (d) miles
per hour?
9- Name the two surface currents you have been studying in the above
questions.
10- Based on your calculations, rank the two surface currents according to
their speed.
11- Based on the average speed of the two currents, how long would it take for
plankton drifting off the coast of San Francisco
to reach Santa Monica Bay?
Surface Currents
N. Equatorial
Equatorial Counter