CC Natural Environment Lab Worksheet
Intro to the Natural Environment Lab Midterm Review Lab 1 1. 26 feet = ___________ inches 2. 50,720 inches = ___________ miles 3. 18 quarts = ________________ liters 4. .75 liters = ________________ quarts 5. 50 meters = ____________ centimeters 6. 60 kilometers = _____________ meters 7. 0.5 kilograms = ________________ pounds 8. 5 pounds = _________________ kilograms 9. 78 ° F = _____________ °C 1 km = .621 miles 1 liter = 1.057 quarts 1 kg = 2.205 pounds ˚ F = (1.8 ˚ * ˚C) + 32 ˚ C = (˚F – 32 )/ 1.8 ˚ 1 mile = 5280 feet 1 mile = 63360 inches 1 kilometer = 1000 meters 1 kilometer = 100,000 cm 1 kilometer = 1,000,000 millimeters 1˚ = 60’ ; 1’ = 60” This is NOT an exhaustive list of problems. For a full set of problems review your labs. Lab 2 10. Which is the smaller scale map? 1/65,000 OR 1/650,000 11. On a map with a scale of 1:250,000, a map distance of one inch represents a real world distance of how many miles? 12. On a map with a scale of 1:24,000, a map distance of six inches represents a real world distance of how many miles? 13. On a map with a scale of 1:34,000, a map distance of five centimeters represents a real world distance of how many kilometers? 14. What type of projection is this? Conformal or equivalent (equal- area)? 15. Calculate the Verbal Scale expressed in miles from the RF scale of 1:286,000. 16. Scale 1:62,500 : 8 “ on this map equals how many miles in the real-world? 17. What type of scale is displayed on the Austria map below? 18. What is the distance in miles between Salzburg and Graz? Lab 3 19. What is the approximate latitude and longitude of Salzburg? 20. What country is found at the coordinate 44° N and 16° E? 21. Express the latitude of 36° 28’ 32” N as Decimal Degrees: __________________________ 22. Express the latitude of 56° 15’ 02” S as Decimal Degrees: __________________________ 23. Express the latitude of 68° 58’ 58” N as Decimal Degrees: __________________________ 24. Express the longitude of 10.784 as Degrees, Minutes, and Seconds: ______________________ 25. Express the longitude of 96.259 as Degrees, Minutes, and Seconds: ______________________ 26. Express the longitude of 150.842 as Degrees, Minutes, and Seconds: ______________________ 27. Your plane leaves Portland , Oregon (120˚ W) at 5:00 P.M. on Friday, bound for Orlando, Florida (75˚ W). The flight takes 6 hours. What is the time and day when you arrive in Orlando? 28. If it is Thursday at 5 P.M. in Portland, Maine (75˚ W), what time is it in Honolulu, Hawaii (150˚ W)? 29. A business executive calls from Washington D.C. (which is located at 75º W) at 8 P.M. on Wednesday to Sydney, Australia (which is located at 150º E). What time and day is it in Sydney? 30. San Diego (116˚ W) reports sunrise at 5:08 A.M., what time will the sun rise in Orange (118˚W)? Lab 4 31. Review how to draw isolines when given various data points. 32. What is the Contour Interval? 33. What is the Index Contour Interval? 34. What is the Elevation at Point A? 35. What is the Elevation at Point B? 36. What is the Elevation at Point C (bottom of pit)? Lab 5 37. Draw and label the conditions on the earth during the following events a. Circle of Illumination b. Direction of the North and South Poles c. Properly draw and label the line of latitude that is receiving direct (vertical) rays from the sun d. Properly draw and label the latitude of the tangent rays (for both hemispheres) 38. Identify the event (June Solstice, Equinox, December Solstice) associated with each location. Summer in Russia _____________________________ Summer in South Africa _____________________________ Declination at the Equator _____________________________ 39. Using an analemma calculate the solar altitude at the various locations on the dates given: a) Orange Date February 5 b) Location B July 30 Latitude 34°N 45° S Declination of Sun Arc Distance Solar Altitude 40. If you lived in Seattle, Washington what is the maximum and minimum hours of daylight you could receive in a year? Latitude ______________________ Maximum Hours ______________________ Minimum Hours ______________________ 41. Reading a solar chart: • At 8 am on October 21, where does the sun rise? • At 8 am on December 21, does it rise int eh same location? If not, where does it rise (azimuth) • During which month does the sunrise the earliest? • How long is the approximate day length in August? • If I go for a run at 5 pm in November, will I be running in the dark? If I go in July, what is the solar altitude (elevation) at 5 pm? • What is the change in solar altitude (elevation) from Jun to Dec? Lab 6 42. Classify the following locations as having a low or high albedo. Mammoth Mountain during ski season _____________________________ Black Car _____________________________ 43. Calculate the Temperature Range and Average Annual temperature for this location: J Temperature ˚ F F 28 M 32 A 42 M 54 J 64 J 72 A 77 S 78 O 70 N 59 D 45 44. Location A at 250ft elevation has a temperature of 88° F, using the ELR, what is the temperature at 11,500 ft? Round your answers to the nearest whole number. Average environmental lapse rate= 3.6˚F/ 1000 feet 45. What are the 4 reasons that temperature varies over the surface of the earth? 46. How do you create, read and extract information from a temperature graph? Lab 7 47. What is the relationship between temperature and relative humidity? 48. If a parcel of air has a temperature of 32.2 ˚ C and a mixing ratio of 11.1 g/kg, what is the dew point temperature of the parcel of air? What is the Relative Humidity? Use saturation chart in Lab 7. 49. Compare two parcels of air. a. b. What is the RH of both parcels? Which one is closer to saturation? Which parcel has a higher water vapor content? How can you tell? Parcel Temperature Dew Point Temperature A 35° C 23.9° C B 15.6° C 10° C 50. If the dry bulb is 16˚ C and the wet-bulb is 8˚ C: Use psychrometer charts in Lab 7. What is the relative humidity? What is the dew point temperature? What is the mixing ratio? 33
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