CHAPTER 8: Exploring with Google Earth

CHAPTER 8 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 8.1 This placemark is located in Québec, Canada.

Question 8.13

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Question 8.14

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PROBLEM 8.2 This placemark location is persistently rainy and many streams can be seen on the ground.

Question 8.15

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Question 8.16

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Question 8.17

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PROBLEM 8.3 Zoom out to about 800 km (500 mi) eye altitude. Then zoom back in to the placemark by double-clicking it again.

Question 8.18

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Question 8.19

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Question 8.20

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Question 8.21

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Question 8.22

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PROBLEM 8.4 This placemark lands on two georeferenced photographs of dozens of hippopotamuses wallowing in a mud pool. Note that the photos are duplicates and that they are not accurately georeferenced, as they do not align with the river precisely.

Question 8.23

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Question 8.24

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PROBLEM 8.5 This placemark lands in the Southern Hemisphere in a thickly forested biome.

Question 8.25

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Question 8.26

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Question 8.27

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PROBLEM 8.6 This placemark is located in a large desert in central Eurasia.

Question 8.28

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Question 8.29

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Question 8.30

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Question 8.31

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PROBLEM 8.7 This placemark highlights a locally intense human impact on the environment.

Question 8.32

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Question 8.33

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Question 8.34

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PROBLEM 8.8 Deactivate any open overlays and activate the Forest Canopy Heights overlay in this folder. This overlay shows the heights of existing forests worldwide, ranging from a few meters (light green) to 70 meters (darkest green areas). Activate your Borders and Labels layer, if it is not already activated, to help orient yourself.

Question 8.35

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PROBLEM 8.9 Keep the Forest Canopy Heights overlay activated to answer this question.

Question 8.36

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PROBLEM 8.10 Keep the Forest Canopy Heights overlay activated to answer these questions. This placemark falls in northern Eurasia.

Question 8.37

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Question 8.38

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Question 8.39

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PROBLEM 8.11 Keep the Forest Canopy Heights overlay activated to answer these questions. This placemark falls in northern Eurasia.

Question 8.40

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Question 8.41

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Question 8.42

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