Earth Science Maps
Anna Dziwanowski
January 2011
CECWD2
Table of Contents

Continents

Oceans
Continents
Europe
Asia
North America
Africa
South America
Australia
Antarctica
Artic
Atlantic
Pacific
Pacific
Indean
Southern
Latitude & Longitude
T
SE
LA
MO
LO
NY
B
NO
MC
C
NA
LI
R
H
MU
Atlantic
CT
Indean
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 & Latitudes
Artic Zone 66.5°N -90°N
Temperate Zone: 23.5°N - 66.5°N
Tropical Zone 23.5°S
Temperate Zone: 23.5°S - 66.5°S
Artic Zone 66.5°S -90°S
Global Winds
Polar Easterlies
60°N
Westerlies
30°N
Trade Winds
0°
Westerlies
30°S
60°S
Polar Easterlies
Nike Shoe Investigation
1
4
7
3
2
3
5
6
8
9
10
E
WMap of Pacific Ocean
Alaska Current
North Pacific
Drift
4
1
9
7
3
10
2 3 5 6
8
Pacific equatorial counter
current
California
current
ANALYSIS OF DATA:
1- Define these terms: (a) gyre (b) current (c) eddy
(a) Any large system of rotating ocean currents, particularly those
involved with large wind movements.
(b) A continuous, directed movement of ocean water generated by the
forces acting upon this main flow.
(c) Fluid dynamics, 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. From look at the map the shoes look like
they went in a circular motion after a while because 8 curves to 9 and 9
curves to 10 where all the shoes first ended up.
3- Write a few sentences EXPLAINING this pathway using appropriate
terms from #1 above. Number one had started out alone and then the
current caused 2-7 to jumble up by its directed movment to the right,
then the grye started to move down to the 8th spot in a circlular
movement. And then finally eddy started toform, when hitting an island
which reversed the current ending back up to where 2-7 where and
reaching the 10th and final spot.
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.
.
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 travel about 1,400mi between there first landing and
there second landing.
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. Between California and Hawaii they traveled about 2,000mi.
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?
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