CHAPTER 13 Exploring with Google Earth

CHAPTER 13 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 13.1 This placemark highlights the Grand Canyon in northern Arizona.

Question 13.9

1. Judging by the structural details of the rocks provided by Google Earth, what type of rocks make up this location?

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PROBLEM 13.2 This placemark falls on the western coast of Central America. Activate the Plate Boundaries overlay in this folder to answer these questions. The pink boundary shown here is a region of subduction.

Question 13.10

1. What kind of mantle melting is occurring here?

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PROBLEM 13.3 Keep the Plate Boundaries overlay active to answer these questions. This placemark lands on western California.

Question 13.11

1. Is mantle material melting into magma at this location?

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Question 13.12

2. Which of the following best describes this location?

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PROBLEM 13.4 This placemark falls in southern Colorado on a linear landform.

Question 13.13

1. What is the name of this landform?

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Question 13.14

2. Zooming in and measuring its total length from end to end, how long is this feature?

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Question 13.15

3. Zoom out until you can see more of the mountain on which this feature occurs. Pan around. Note that there are many similar linear features. Which of the following best describes the geographic pattern of these features?

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PROBLEM 13.5 This placemark falls in southern Colorado. Be sure the polygon in the folder for this problem is activated.

Question 13.16

1. Here you will see thousands of spots on the landscape. What type of resource extraction is occurring here?

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Question 13.17

2. Double-click the polygon in this folder, or zoom out to 44 km eye altitude. You will see a polygon outlining the extent of this human activity. Take two measurements: First, measure the extent of this human activity from north to south, then from east to west. What is the approximate area in square miles that this land use occupies? (Multiply north-south distance by east-west distance to get square miles.)

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PROBLEM 13.6 This problem’s placemark falls on an intensive type of mining.

Question 13.18

1. What natural resource is being extracted here?

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Question 13.19

2. Based on your understanding of the rocks associated with this natural resource, what is the main rock type in this area?

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PROBLEM 13.7 This problem’s placemark falls on an intensive type of mining.

Question 13.20

1. What natural resource is being extracted here?

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Question 13.21

2. About how long is this mine?

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PROBLEM 13.8 This placemark highlights the Makgadikgadi Pans, where water repeatedly fills a natural basin and evaporates.

Question 13.22

1. What type of sedimentary rock will form in this natural basin?

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Question 13.23

2. What type of mining would most likely be found here?

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Question 13.24

3. What is the diameter of this feature?

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Question 13.25

4. Zoom out. What country is this?

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