Basic Coordinates & Seasons Part II Read through the material and use the simulators in the NAAP Basic Coordinate and Seasons lab to answer the following questions. 1.
What is the range of longitude on Earth? 2.
What is the range of latitude on Earth? 3.
Use the flat map explorer to determine what is located at 55.9533° N, 3.1883° W? 4.
What are the coordinates of 55.9533° N, 3.1883° W in sexagesimal notation? Show your work. 5.
What does each GPS satellite have to accurately tell time? 6.
Why did the ancient Sumerians split the year into 12 segments? 7.
Open both the flat map explorer and the globe explorer. Describe the difference in how Antarctica appears on the two maps. 8.
On the celestial sphere, what is the range of declination? What is the 0 point for declination on the celestial sphere?
