CHAPTER 4 Exploring with Google Earth

CHAPTER 4 Exploring with Google Earth

To complete these problems, first read the chapter. When you are finished, go to LaunchPad and open the Exploring with Google Earth file for this chapter. Click on the “Workbook Problems” folder to “fly” to each of the problems listed below and answer the questions. Be sure to keep your “Borders and Labels” layer activated. Refer to Appendix 4 if you need help using Google Earth.

PROBLEM 4.1 Here, clouds in the equatorial eastern Pacific Ocean are shown.

Question 4.11

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Question 4.12

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Question 4.13

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PROBLEM 4.2 Activate the overlay for this folder. This overlay shows the wind pattern of Hurricane Dean on August 20, 2007.

Question 4.14

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Question 4.15

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Question 4.16

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PROBLEM 4.3 This problem features two atmospheric systems occurring at the same time in the Bering Sea and in the Gulf of Alaska. Two markers are used in this problem, marker 1 and marker 2.

Question 4.17

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Question 4.18

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Question 4.19

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Question 4.20

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PROBLEM 4.4 Deactivate the overlay from the previous problem and activate the overlay in this folder. This placemark falls west of the island of Hawai‘i. Note the volcanic fog—or vog—that can be seen as a bluish haze at the placemark. This is a plume of sulfur dioxide resulting from the eruption of Kilauea.

Question 4.21

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Question 4.22

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PROBLEM 4.5 Activate the overlay for this folder. This problem features winds blowing smoke from the WH Complex fire in southern Montana, as photographed by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station on August 13, 2007.

Question 4.23

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Question 4.24

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Question 4.25

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PROBLEM 4.6 Deactivate any open overlays and activate the overlay for this placemark. This overlay shows the amount of vegetation as measured by the surface area of leaves (or leaf area index). Dark green areas are thickly vegetated because there is ample precipitation. Light green and brown areas are lightly vegetated because there is little precipitation.

Question 4.26

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Question 4.27

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Question 4.28

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Question 4.29

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PROBLEM 4.7 Keep the overlay from the previous problem activated.

Question 4.30

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Question 4.31

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Question 4.32

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PROBLEM 4.8 Keep the overlay from the previous problem activated. This placemark falls on the Great Plains in the United States.

Question 4.33

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Question 4.34

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PROBLEM 4.9 Deactivate any open overlays. Activate the image overlay folder for this problem. This placemark features India and Bangladesh. The colors of the overlay represent rainfall totals between July 5 and 12 in 2004. Dark red areas received over 30 cm (12 in) of rain.

Question 4.35

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Question 4.36

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Question 4.37

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PROBLEM 4.10 Deactivate any open overlays, and then open the overlay in this folder. This placemark falls on a valley in the Chugach Mountains in southern Alaska. Strong winds are transporting dust in the valley out to sea.

Question 4.38

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Question 4.39

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Question 4.40

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Question 4.41

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