CHAPTER 10 Exploring with Google Earth

CHAPTER 10 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 10.1 This placemark falls on a long, linear mountain range.

Question 10.11

1. What is the name of this submarine feature?

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PROBLEM 10.2 This placemark falls offshore of the continental margin.

Question 10.12

2. What is the name of this submarine feature?

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PROBLEM 10.3 This placemark is located on the flat expanse of the open-ocean seafloor.

Question 10.13

3. What is the name of this expanse of seafloor?

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PROBLEM 10.4 This placemark is located on the lowest point on Earth’s crust, Challenger Deep.

Question 10.14

1. What is the name for a linear submarine feature such as the one shown here?

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Question 10.15

2. What is the approximate water depth at this placemark?

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PROBLEM 10.5 This placemark is located in the tropical Pacific Ocean. When you are finished with the questions, zoom out and take note of the hundreds of these landforms that dot the ocean floor in this area.

Question 10.16

1. What is the name for this submarine landform? You can pan around beneath the water to get a better view of the feature.

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Question 10.17

2. Measure the depth of the water directly over this landform. Then measure the depth of the water on the ocean floor. What is the total approximate vertical relief of this feature?

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Question 10.18

3. How would you characterize the biodiversity on this landform?

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PROBLEM 10.6 This placemark is located in the tropical Pacific Ocean.

Question 10.19

1. What is the name for these ring-shaped islands?

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Question 10.20

2. What built these islands?

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Question 10.21

3. What were these islands long ago?

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PROBLEM 10.7 This placemark is located in coastal waters of tropical South Asia.

Question 10.22

1. What type of ecosystem is shown here?

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Question 10.23

2. What country is this?

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PROBLEM 10.8 This placemark is located off the coast of Belize.

Question 10.24

1. What type of coral reef system is shown here? Zoom out to get a better view.

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Question 10.25

2. What ocean basin is this?

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PROBLEM 10.9 This placemark is in the Pacific Ocean between Hawai‘i and California. It shows the recorded migration of a single great white shark.

Question 10.26

1. What is the name of this region where the great white shark is zigzagging about?

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Question 10.27

2. According to the text, what is the shark likely to be doing in this area?

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PROBLEM 10.10 This placemark is located in the North Pacific Ocean. It shows the migration of four salmon sharks. Activate both folders in this problem to answer the question below.

Question 10.28

1. What range of water temperatures appears to mark the southern limit of salmon sharks?

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