Introduction to Geography on the Web, Essay Example

Turn to page 118 in your atlas. What is the distance in miles between Sacramento CA and Las Vegas NV? (precision to nearest whole number) Note that this is the ‘as the crow flies’ (straight line) distance, NOT the driving distance as Google maps would calculate for you. Show your work.

-387 miles between the two areas

Turn to page 163 in your atlas (p. 189 in Goodes 22nd ed). What is the distance in miles between Cairo, Egypt and Istanbul, Turkey? (precision to nearest whole number) Show your work.

-768 Miles
You are given a map that is 1:500,000 scale. City A and City B on the map are 3 inches apart. How many miles apart are they in the real world? (precision to nearest tenth) Show your work.

8 miles apart
You are given a map that is 1:100,000 scale. City R and City S on the map are 6.5 inches apart. How many miles apart are they in the real world? (precision to nearest tenth) Show your work.

1.6 miles (6 inches[equivalence])=9.6 miles

Go to 40 44′ 52.94″N 73 59′ 06.60″W What do you see at this location? What city, state and country is it in?

115 5^th Avenue New York  NY 100011 USA

Go to 51 32′ 19.72″N 0 00′ 59.86″W What do you see at this location? What city and country is it in?

London Way, London E152DZ, UK

Go to 29 58′ 45.04″N 31 08′ 03.22″E What do you see at this location? What country is it in?

Al Ahram, Nazlet El-Semman, Al Haram, Giza Governorate, Egypt

What is the east/west distance of Skyline in kilometers?

Zoom in on the track on the east side of campus. Use the “measure path” tool to measure the distance around the track (this tool is another option with the “measure line” tool).

The skyline trail is about 3 miles in length

What is the distance around the track in miles?

Open up the World and Regional Sea Surface Temperature overlay from NASA. Click on the link to the left. If the file does not automatically load in Google earth, you may need to direct your computer to use Google Earth to open the file. See the screen shot below. Note that you should focus on the east and west coast of North America.

3 miles length

Compare the ocean surface temperature off of the west coast of the USA with the temperature off the east coast. Which is warmer? Cite specific examples. (We will explore why the sea surface temperatures differ in lab 3).

The image herein reveals that there is a higher rate of colder temperature around the west coast of USA. This is caused by the cold upwell of the deep water. On the other hand, warmer temperature are found in the east coast due to the closer location it has in relation to the equatorial region.

After you view the animation, describe (about 1 paragraph) how the infant mortality rates have changed over time in Africa, Asia and Europe. Cite specific examples.

The temperature in a particular environment could be considered as one of the major factors that could affect the overall concept of mortality in the said region. Accordingly, due to the reported emergence of climate change which heats up the earth’s surface especially in aspects of location [including the African region], mortality rate in the country rises up to 34% meaning a lot more infants are dying due to elements attributed by heated up temperature.