Homework 1

Which of the following coordinate pairs is associated with Lisbon, Portugal?

38°N, 7°W

What is the approximate elevation value of the Colorado River as displayed in the Grand Canyon placemark?

475 meters above sea level

What is the name of the building in downtown Albuquerque that would cast the longest shadow?

Albuquerque Plaza/Hyatt Regency

On June 21st, which location will experience the least amount of sunlight?

D

If the date is December 21, at which placemark would the sun be directly overhead at noon?

E

What sphere is indicated by curvilinear feature at the Albuquerque, NM, placemark?

Hydrosphere

Use the tilt and zoom controls to explore the crater. Which of the following statements is correct?

In order to see the shaded side of the crater, you would rotate your view so that you are facing east.

Identify the road that crosses the bridge immediately to the north of the Albuquerque, NM, placemark.

Interstate 40 (Coronado Freeway)

Based on your assessment of latitude and longitude in Google Earth™, which of the following statements is NOT correct?

Lines of longitude are parallel with one another, thus insuring that a degree of longitude is equidistant anywhere on the globe

Which of the following on-screen navigation tools is correctly defined?

Move joystick: moves your position from one place to another.

If you wanted to reset the view so that North will be at the top of your screen and you will be looking straight down, you would use the keyboard command of

R

Which of the following nations has the highest number of time zones?

Russia

In the Chapter 0: Prologue folder, check and double-click the Lac Clef, CAN placemark. You will be flown to a small island in a lake in Quebec, Canada. Use the tilt and zoom controls to explore the lake and the region around it. Can you see why Lac Clef bears the name it does? ("Clef" is French for "key.") Which of the following descriptions is correct?

The island in Lac Clef is actually an island in a lake in an island in a lake

Use the tilt and rotate controls to view the Washington Monument from the side and then move around it. You will see a series of letters on the side of the monument near its base. Which of the following descriptions is correct?

The letter on the north side of the monument is F.

Based on your assessment of latitude and longitude in Google Earth™, which of the following statements is NOT correct?

The maximum value of longitude is 90°

Utilizing the street view imagery from the two greater Albuquerque area placemarks (Southern Boulevard and Sandia Crest Road), which of the following statements is most strongly supported?

There is significant variation in the vegetation of the greater Albuquerque area.

Excluding political adjustments to time (such as Daylight Savings Time), which of the following cities would be +8:00 Greenwich Mean Time?

Urumqi, China