Earth Science Maps
Gentri Pitts
January 6, 2011
CEC WD2
Table of Contents
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Continents
Oceans
Latitude and Longitude
Climate Zones and Latitude
Global Winds
Nike Shoe Investigation
Nike Shoe Investigation Map
Continents
Greenland
Asia
North
America
Africa
South
America
Australia
Antarctica
Oceans
Arctic
Ocean
Atlantic
Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Indian
Ocean
Southern
Ocean
Latitude & Longitude
Y
X
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 and Latitudes
Polar (Arctic) 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 (Arctic) Zone: 66.5°S-90°S
Global Winds
Polar Cells
Polar
Easterlies
Sinking
Air
Rising
Air
Westerlies
Trade Winds
Westerlies
Polar
Easterlies
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60°
N
30°
N
0
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30°
S
60°
S
Ferrill
Cell
Hadley
Cells
Nike Shoe Investigation
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8.
3.
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9.
10.
11.
Nike Shoe Instigation (contd.) W
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N. Pacific
9.
N. Equatorial
10.
5, 3.
1.
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8. 4.
11. 6.
7.
California
Kuroshio
Nike
Shoe
Investigation
ANALYSIS OF DATA:
1- Define these terms: (a) gyre:a large system of rotating ocean
currents (b) current: a continuous, directed movement of ocean
water generated by the forces acting upon it, (ie: gravity, salinity,
etc.) (c) eddy: the swirling of a fluid and the reverse current
created when the fluid flows past an obstacle.
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. The path of the shoes was
in a circular, rotating motion such as a current.
3- Write a few sentences EXPLAINING this pathway using
appropriate terms from #1 above. The shoes followed the North
Pacific Current, which is part of a gyre. The path of the shoes
went in a circle because the current rotated in a circle, starting off
the coast of Asia, going to Alaska, halfway down the coast of
American West Coast, and circling through the ocean and Hawaii,
Nike Shoe Investigation (contd.)
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: The North Pacific Current, California Current, North
Equatoral Current, and Kurishio Current. (b) write them on
you map showing their correct location.
Extra Credit
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. The shoes likely went about a thousand miles before they
reached 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.
Extra Credit (contd.)
8- Considering the distance you figured in #6, and the time it took for the shoes
to move from California to Hawaii (a) Whatwas the speed of the current
moving those shoes in kilometers per day? (b) miles per day? (c) kilometers
per hour? (d) milesper 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 reach Santa Monica Bay