Physical Geography Homework
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PHYSICAL GEOOGRAPHY GEG 120: HOMEWORK 01
Due Date: Friday, January 30 th
(by end of class)
How to submit: Upload answer file (.doc, .pdf or .jpg file) on Blackboard; also, submit hard copies in class
SECTION I: LONGITUDE AND TIME (10 points)
Fill out the cells shaded green 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 150 0 East
2 Prime Meridian Wednesday, 5:00 PM 60 0 West
3 120 0 East 75
0 West Sunday, 9:00 AM
4 Friday, 8:30 AM 15 0 West Friday, 12:00 noon
5 165 0 East Monday, 11:00 PM Monday, 3:00 PM
SECTION II: SUBSOLAR POINT AND ANGLE OF INSOLATION (10 points)
Fill out the cells shaded green 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 90 0 Tropic of Cancer
2 Equator Tropic of Capricorn 90 0
3 June Solstice 50 0 N 90
0
4 March or September Equinox
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
5 15 0 N 90
0 20
0 S
6 60 0 20
0 N 75
0
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
