Earth's Shape / Lat & Long / Time Stations

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Where you are sitting is your starting point. Scroll to find your question and start from there. For many of the questions you will need your ESRT handy. 

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The _______ is made up of layers of gases that surround the entire planet above its surface. The _______ is the layer of bedrock that forms the outer shell of the Earth. Lastly, the _______ is made up of Earth’s oceans and other water bodies.

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Depending on where your viewpoint is Polaris will be different. This means your _______ is equal to your _______ .

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Lines of latitude run _______ to _______ and are_______ to one another. Lines of longitude run_______ to _______ and connect at the_______ .

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The four layers of the atmosphere are the _______ , _______ , _______ , and _______ .

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Draggable item		Corresponding Item
		66.5°N
		20°N
		52°N
		90°N

Troposphere

Tropopause

Stratosphere

Stratopause

Mesosphere

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Draggable item		Corresponding Item
How much matter an object contains		Oblate spheroid
The result of gravity’s force pulling on an object		Weight
What is the name of Earth’s true shape?		Mass
The starting point for longitude is called the		Equator
The starting point for latitude is called the		Prime Meridian

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Draggable item		Corresponding Item
How many degrees does Earth rotate on its axis?		West to East
What coordinate line determines your time?		360°
What direction does the Earth rotate?		Longitude
What number of degrees does each line of longitude represent?		15°

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What country do the coordinates 30°N, 0° run through?

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What country do the coordinates 45°N, 105°E run through?

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What continent do the coordinates 75°S, 60°E run through?

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What two continents are mainly found in the Northern Hemisphere?

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What three continents are mainly found in the Southern Hemisphere?

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What two continents are completely in the Western Hemisphere?

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What ocean do the coordinates 15°S, 90°E run through?

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What ocean is under the 60°S latitude line?

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What ocean is above the 75°N latitude line?

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What dotted line of latitude is in between 15°S and 30°S?

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What dotted line of latitude is in between 60°N and 75°N?

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What dotted line of latitude is in between 60°S and 75°S?

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What dotted line of latitude is in between 15°N and 30°N?

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What is the city that can be found on Long Island called?

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What mountain can be found near 42° N latitude?

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What are Elmira’s coordinates? (include minutes)

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What city can be found North of Buffalo?

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What city can be found at 43° 42’ N, 74° 58’ W?

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What mountain can be found near 44° N latitude?

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What are the three states that can be found East of New York?

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What are Massena’s coordinates? (with minutes)

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What town can be found at 43° 10’ N, 77° 35’ W?

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What are the three main lakes that can be found on the map?

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What city can be found at 42° 5’ N, 79° 15’ W?

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What are Buffalo’s coordinates? (include minutes)

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What are the five main lines of latitude?

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What ocean current line has the coordinate 35° N, 140° E?

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What ocean current line has the coordinate 66.5° N, 0°?

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What Northern current runs through the International Date Line? (current that is ‘most’ north)

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What continent does the Gulf Stream run past?

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What are the two currents that run past Greenland?

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What ocean current goes through the coordinate 40° N, 130° W?

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What ocean current goes through the coordinate 23.5° S, 40° W?

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What ocean current goes through the coordinate 20° S, 55° E ?

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What two rows of currents are above Antarctica?

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What ocean current goes through the coordinate 30° S, 157° E?

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What ocean current goes through the coordinate 50° S, 62° W?

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What plate boundary can be found in coordinates 50° N, 90° E?

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What trench can be found near the coordinates 20° S, 80° W?

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What plate boundary can be found by the Yellowstone Hot Spot?

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What trench can be found at coordinates 50° N, 180°?

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What type of plate boundary is the Easter Island Hot Spot found on?

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What plate boundary has the coordinates of 12° N, 100° W?

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What hot spot can be found on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?

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What plate boundary can be found at coordinates 30° S, 140° E?

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What is the name of the plate boundary that is next to the Mariana Trench?

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What plate boundary can be found all the way at the bottom of the graph?

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What hot spot can be found at coordinates 35° S, 160° E?

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What plate boundary can be found at coordinates 18° S, 175° E?

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What are the two types of measurements when you measure altitude for Earth’s Atmosphere?

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What layer of the atmosphere has a temperature range of 15°C to -55°C?

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When you look at Earth’s Atmosphere graph, what can be found at 0?

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What are the three pauses found on the graph?

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In kilometers, how high does the Mesosphere go?

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How far up does the Thermosphere extend to?

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In miles, how high does the Mesosphere go?

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In kilometers, how high does the Troposphere go?

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What layer of the atmosphere has a temperature range of 0° C to -90° C?

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What type of graphing relation is the Mesosphere?

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What layer of the atmosphere has the ozone layer?

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What two elements can be found in the troposphere?

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Compared to the weight of a person at the North Pole, the weight of the same person at the Equator would be

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Which sphere of earth covers approximately 70% of Earth's surface?

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In which two temperature zones of the atmosphere does the temperature increase with increasing altitude?

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Which two elements make up the greatest percentages by mass in Earth's crust?

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The layer of bedrock near the Earth's surface that forms a continuous shell around the Earth is called the

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Earth's Shape / Lat & Long / Time Stations

What country do the coordinates 30°N, 0° run through?

What country do the coordinates 45°N, 105°E run through?

What continent do the coordinates 75°S, 60°E run through?

What two continents are mainly found in the Northern Hemisphere?

What three continents are mainly found in the Southern Hemisphere?

What two continents are completely in the Western Hemisphere?

What ocean do the coordinates 15°S, 90°E run through?

What ocean is under the 60°S latitude line?

What ocean is above the 75°N latitude line?

What dotted line of latitude is in between 15°S and 30°S?

What dotted line of latitude is in between 60°N and 75°N?

What dotted line of latitude is in between 60°S and 75°S?

What dotted line of latitude is in between 15°N and 30°N?

What is the city that can be found on Long Island called?

What mountain can be found near 42° N latitude?

What are Elmira’s coordinates? (include minutes)

What city can be found North of Buffalo?

What city can be found at 43° 42’ N, 74° 58’ W?

What mountain can be found near 44° N latitude?

What are the three states that can be found East of New York?

What are Massena’s coordinates? (with minutes)

What town can be found at 43° 10’ N, 77° 35’ W?

What are the three main lakes that can be found on the map?

What city can be found at 42° 5’ N, 79° 15’ W?

What are Buffalo’s coordinates? (include minutes)

What are the five main lines of latitude?

What ocean current line has the coordinate 35° N, 140° E?

What ocean current line has the coordinate 66.5° N, 0°?

What Northern current runs through the International Date Line? (current that is ‘most’ north)

What continent does the Gulf Stream run past?

What are the two currents that run past Greenland?

What ocean current goes through the coordinate 40° N, 130° W?

What ocean current goes through the coordinate 23.5° S, 40° W?

What ocean current goes through the coordinate 20° S, 55° E ?

What two rows of currents are above Antarctica?

What ocean current goes through the coordinate 30° S, 157° E?

What ocean current goes through the coordinate 50° S, 62° W?

What plate boundary can be found in coordinates 50° N, 90° E?

What trench can be found near the coordinates 20° S, 80° W?

What plate boundary can be found by the Yellowstone Hot Spot?

What trench can be found at coordinates 50° N, 180°?

What type of plate boundary is the Easter Island Hot Spot found on?

What plate boundary has the coordinates of 12° N, 100° W?

What hot spot can be found on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?

What plate boundary can be found at coordinates 30° S, 140° E?

What is the name of the plate boundary that is next to the Mariana Trench?

What plate boundary can be found all the way at the bottom of the graph?

What hot spot can be found at coordinates 35° S, 160° E?

What plate boundary can be found at coordinates 18° S, 175° E?

What are the two types of measurements when you measure altitude for Earth’s Atmosphere?

What layer of the atmosphere has a temperature range of 15°C to -55°C?

When you look at Earth’s Atmosphere graph, what can be found at 0?

What are the three pauses found on the graph?

In kilometers, how high does the Mesosphere go?

How far up does the Thermosphere extend to?

In miles, how high does the Mesosphere go?

In kilometers, how high does the Troposphere go?

What layer of the atmosphere has a temperature range of 0° C to -90° C?

What type of graphing relation is the Mesosphere?

What layer of the atmosphere has the ozone layer?

What two elements can be found in the troposphere?

Compared to the weight of a person at the North Pole, the weight of the same person at the Equator would be

Which sphere of earth covers approximately 70% of Earth's surface?

In which two temperature zones of the atmosphere does the temperature increase with increasing altitude?

Which two elements make up the greatest percentages by mass in Earth's crust?

The layer of bedrock near the Earth's surface that forms a continuous shell around the Earth is called the

What is the time in New York City when it is noon in Denver?

What country do the coordinates 30°N, 0° run through?

What country do the coordinates 45°N, 105°E run through?

What continent do the coordinates 75°S, 60°E run through?

What two continents are mainly found in the Northern Hemisphere?

What three continents are mainly found in the Southern Hemisphere?

What two continents are completely in the Western Hemisphere?

What ocean do the coordinates 15°S, 90°E run through?

What ocean is under the 60°S latitude line?

What ocean is above the 75°N latitude line?

What dotted line of latitude is in between 15°S and 30°S?

What dotted line of latitude is in between 60°N and 75°N?