geg120

PHYSICAL GEOOGRAPHY GEG 120: HOMEWORK 01

Due Date: Friday, Sep 15th (by 11:59 PM)

How to submit: Upload answer file (.doc, .pdf or .jpg file) on Blackboard

SECTION I: LONGITUDE AND TIME (10 points)

 Fill out the cells shaded pink in the following table

 When listing time, please specify DAY and AM / PM

 When listing longitude, please specify E (East) or W (West)

# Longitude of Location A

Day and Local Time at Location A

Longitude of Location B Day and Local Time at Location B

1 Prime Meridian Wednesday, 5:00 PM 1500 East

2 Prime Meridian Wednesday, 5:00 PM 600 West

3 1200East 750 West Sunday, 9:00 AM

4 Friday, 8:30 AM 150 West Friday, 12:00 noon

5 1650East Monday, 11:00 PM Monday, 3:00 PM

SECTION II: SUBSOLAR POINT AND ANGLE OF INSOLATION (10 points)

 Fill out the cells shaded pink in the following table

 When listing day, please use “Month name” followed by “Solstice” or “Equinox”

 When listing latitude, please specify N (North) or S (South) [or, where applicable, you can use

commonly used names for the more common lines of latitudes]

# Day Latitude of Location A

Angle of Insolation at Location A

Latitude of Location B

Angle of Insolation at Location B

1 March Equinox 900 Tropic of Cancer

2 Equator Tropic of Capricorn 900

3 June Solstice 500N 900

4 March or September Equinox

Tropic of Cancer

Tropic of Capricorn

5 150N 900 200S

6 600 200N 750

SECTION III: MAP SCALE (5 points)

1) A football field (100 yards long) is represented on a map as 0.5 inch long. Express the scale of

the map as a Representative Fraction or RF. Show your work (remember the RF is a unit-less ratio

with 1 as the numerator and a larger number as the denominator)

2) If the distance between two cities A and B is 5 cm on a 1:500,000 scale map, what is the actual /

ground distance between the two cities in kilometers? Show your work

For unit conversion help, go to http://www.onlineconversion.com/length_common.htm