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PES Skill Sheets.book - Capital High School

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<strong>Skill</strong> Sheet 3.1: Latitude and Longitude<br />

Part 1 answers:<br />

1. Answers are:<br />

a. Iceland<br />

b. Algeria<br />

c. Argentina<br />

d. Australia<br />

e. New Zealand<br />

2. Answers are:<br />

a. Bay of Bengal<br />

b. Aegean Sea<br />

c. Red Sea<br />

d. Gulf of Mexico<br />

<strong>Skill</strong> Sheet 3.1: Map Scales<br />

1. Answers are:<br />

a. Andora<br />

b. No. I need to know the scale to answer the question.<br />

c. Yes. They are both 1.5 cm.<br />

d. No. One centimeter could represent different distances on<br />

each island.<br />

e. Calypso is much bigger.<br />

2. Answers are:<br />

(Note: Allow answers that are + or – 3 kilometers.)<br />

a. 40 km<br />

<strong>Skill</strong> Sheet 3.1: Vectors on a Map<br />

1. (+60 km, –10 km)<br />

2. (+1 km, +2 km)<br />

3. (+1 km, +1 km)<br />

<strong>Skill</strong> Sheet 3.1: Navigation<br />

Note to teacher: It is highly recommended that you do a trial run<br />

yourself before doing this activity with your students. This<br />

will enable you to help the students more efficiently during<br />

the activity, especially when it comes to finding locations on<br />

the maps.<br />

Making predictions:<br />

a. I expect to find coral reefs.<br />

b. We will need to watch where we navigate our boat<br />

because coral reefs exist close to the surface and could be<br />

an obstruction for our boat.<br />

It’s time to go!<br />

1. No student response required.<br />

2. No student response required.<br />

3. 1:326,856<br />

Page 9 of 57<br />

e. Baffin Bay<br />

Part 2 answers:<br />

1. Answers are:<br />

a. 30.33°N<br />

b. 45.75°N<br />

c. 20.61°S<br />

d. 60.33°S<br />

2. Answers are:<br />

a. 25.92°E<br />

b. 145.25°E<br />

c. 130.62°W<br />

d. 85.44°W<br />

b. 128 km<br />

c. 50 km<br />

d. 110 km<br />

e. 80 km<br />

f. 185 km<br />

g. 125 km<br />

h. 170 km (50 + 120)<br />

i. 118 km (78 + 40)<br />

j. 298 km (120 + 50 + 128)<br />

Bonus: Give credit for estimates between 850 – 950 km.<br />

4.<br />

5. Answers to student-designed problems will vary.<br />

4. It means that one unit on the map represents 326,856 of those<br />

units in real life.<br />

5. There are six feet in a fathom.<br />

6. There is a lighthouse with an occulting light, which means the<br />

period of darkness when the light is covered or obscured is<br />

less than the time period when the light is showing.<br />

7. Two fathoms<br />

8. Dump site of dredged material<br />

9. Dredged material is material that was dug by machine<br />

(usually from another channel or river bed) and has been<br />

dumped here.<br />

10. Yes<br />

11. No<br />

12. Yes

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