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[[image]] Illustration of the earth as seen from space [[/image]]

Answers to Worksheet 5.2

1. Which pair of latitude and longitude places you in the middle of the Salton Sea?

A) 40˚ N, 124˚ W
B) 33˚ N, 116˚ W [[correct]]
C) 39˚ N, 120˚ W
D) 36˚ N, 122˚ W

2. What places do the other pairs of latitude and longitude identify (name the nearest city, or it you're in the ocean, which ocean is it)?

1. A. Piercy (Northern California)
2. C. Northern edge of Lake Tahoe
3. D. Pacific Ocean, off Monterey

3. If you are told that you're at 38˚N, 120 W, where are you?

Yosemite National Park

4. If your parents told you that they were are 34˚N, 116˚W, and you were at 36˚N, 116˚W, how far away from them are you? What state are you in?

138 miles. Barely in California, near the Nevada border
(Remind students that one degree of latitude always equals 69 miles)

5. What is the approximate latitude and longitude of Denver, Colorado?

39.7˚ N, 105˚ W

6. What is the approximate latitude and longitude of Rome, Italy?

42˚ N, 12.5˚ E

7. What is the approximate latitude and longitude of Cairo, Egypt?

29˚ N, 31˚ E

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