Latitude and Longitude Part II

Latitude / Longitude Worksheet 03-2L

60 minutes! 60 seconds! Dividing degrees How many minutes in an hour? Guess what a degree is divided into (in latitude / longitude)? 60 minutes! How many seconds in a minute? Guess what a minute is divided into (in latitude / longitude)? 60 seconds!

NYS Latitude / Longitude Page 3 ESRTs – RULER TIME See next page in your notes for reference See next page in your notes for reference See next page in your notes for reference

Latitude / Longitude ctd Page 11 of your notes packet: Add the minutes and seconds you see below

Calculating Minutes

Southwestern United States Generalized Bedrock Map of New York State Latitude & Longitude – Southwestern United States Generalized Bedrock Map of New York State

Latitude / Longitude ctd Use page 3 of the ESRTs to complete the following table on PAGE 11 in your notes packet Location Latitude Longitude 430 5’ N 760 10’ W 420 45’ N 730 40’ W 440 10’ N 730 55’ W 420 5’ N 750 55’ W 790 15’ W Riverhead Slide Mountain Oswego Watertown Buffalo Syracuse Albany Mt. Marcy Binghamton Jamestown 400 50’ N 720 35’ W 420 N 740 20’ W 430 25’ N 760 25’ W 430 55’ N 750 55’ W 420 50’ N 780 50’ W

Homework: Lat / Long Practice

Latitude / Longitude Lab

Phone a friend at 6 am? Remember: Rotational rate = 150 / hour

Longitude / Time Zone Problems

Latitude / Longitude Lab – Reality Check Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time: the time in Greenwich, England from which all Longitude is calculated east & west of the Prime Meridian using 15o / hour of difference from GMT.

Latitude / Longitude Lab – Reality Check 2o driving in North Dakota vs. Texas 2o = 2o but meridians (lines of longitude) are farther apart the closer to the Equator you are. Since Texas is closer to the Equator than South Dakota is so you would physically travel farther in Texas driving 2o east. *** LOOK AT THE GLOBES **

Latitude / Longitude Lab – Reality Check DESCRIBE how to use latitude and longitude You would measure latitude north or south of the Equator in degrees (latitude is ALWAYS listed first) then you would measure longitude east or west of the Prime Meridian in degrees Latitude and longitude give the coordinates to pinpoint any location on Earth.