CHAPTER 11 Exploring with Google Earth

CHAPTER 11 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 11.1 This placemark visits coastal South America. Note both markers in this problem’s folder. Make sure both are activated.

Question 11.7

1. What is the elevation at marker 1?

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Question 11.8

2. What is the elevation at marker 2?

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Question 11.9

3. At which marker is the crust thicker?

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Question 11.10

4. What is the total vertical relief between these two marked locations?

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Question 11.11

5. In what country is this placemark?

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PROBLEM 11.2 This placemark visits a large circular feature in North America that was formed 241 million years ago.

Question 11.12

1. Based on your reading in this chapter, what caused this circular feature?

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Question 11.13

2. What is the name of the lake at this feature?

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Question 11.14

3. What is the diameter of this feature?

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Question 11.15

4. In what Canadian province is this feature located?

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PROBLEM 11.3 This problem relates to the thickness of Earth’s interior layers. Measure the distances between the cities provided to answer the questions.

Question 11.16

1. Which two cities are about the same distance apart as the average thickness of the crust?

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Question 11.17

2. Which two cities are about the same distance apart as the distance from the crust’s surface to the base of the asthenosphere?

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Question 11.18

3. Which two cities are about the same distance apart as the distance from the crust’s surface to Earth’s center?

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PROBLEM 11.4 This problem features Earth’s magnetic field at the North Pole. Make sure the two markers in this folder are activated. In addition, activate the latitude-longitude grid from the View menu at the top of your screen. Marker 1 shows the position of the magnetic North Pole in 1850. Marker 2 shows the position of the magnetic North Pole in 2010.

Question 11.19

1. How many miles has the magnetic North Pole traveled since 1850?

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Question 11.20

2. How many miles per year, on average, has the magnetic North Pole shifted during this period? (Divide the distance traveled by the number of years it took to travel that distance.)

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Question 11.21

3. Currently, how far is the magnetic North Pole from the geographic North Pole?

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PROBLEM 11.5 This problem features Earth’s magnetic field at the South Pole. Make sure the two markers in this folder are activated. In addition, activate the latitude-longitude grid from the View menu at the top of your screen. Marker 1 shows the position of the magnetic South Pole in 1850. Marker 2 shows the position of the magnetic South Pole in 2010.

Question 11.22

1. How many miles has the magnetic South Pole traveled since 1850?

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Question 11.23

2. How many miles per year, on average, has the magnetic South Pole shifted during this period? (Divide the distance traveled by the number of years it took to travel that distance.)

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Question 11.24

3. Currently, how far is the magnetic South Pole from the geographic South Pole?

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Question 11.25

4. Based on your answers to Problem 11.4 and your answers to this problem, which of the following statements best summarizes the relationship between the magnetic North Pole and the magnetic South Pole?

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