Name: Period: Unit 1 – Foundations of Science
Earth & Environmental Systems Science Section 3 – Maps
Introduction to Google Earth-
Student Answer Sheet
Type your answers to each of the questions in the directions booklet onto this document.
Each of the places that you need to type your answers are text fields that will automatically space out the document to match the length of your answers.
Opening Terms- Define both of the new vocabulary terms in your own words once you have read their meanings on the top of the directions packet.
Remote Sensing: Type your response in this box
Geographic Information System (GIS): Type your response in this box
Q1: How many menus do you see in the menu bar?
A1: Type your response in this box
Q2: How many tabs do you see in the Google Earth Options window?
A2: Type your response in this box
Q3: What happens when you push the middle mouse wheel?
A3: Type your response in this box
Q4: What does it do? (Choose one from zoom, pan, rotate and tilt).
A4: Type your response in this box
Q5: What does it do? (Choose one from zoom, pan, rotate and tilt).
A5: Type your response in this box
Q6: What does it do? (Choose one from zoom, pan, rotate and tilt).
A6: Type your response in this box
Q7: What does it do when you drag it up and down? (Choose one from zoom, pan, rotate and tilt).
A7: Type your response in this box
Q8: What does it do when you drag it left and right? (Choose one from zoom, pan, rotate and tilt).
A8: Type your response in this box
Q9: What are the latitude and longitude coordinates of your house?
A9: Latitude: Type your response in this box
Longitude: Type your response in this box
Q10: Which hemispheres is your house located in? How did you know it?
A10: Type your response in this box
Q11: In which year was the ground feature that is circled in red developed?
A11: Type your response in this box
Q12: What are width and height of your display area?
A12: Width: Type your response in this box
Height: Type your response in this box
Multiply width and height to calculate the area.
Area: Type your response in this box
Note: Use the calculator available at Start All Programs
Q13: What is the size of the residential area?
A13: Type your response in this box
Q14: What is the size of the Commercial and Industrial area?
A14: Type your response in this box
Q15: What are the land use/cover percent values.
A15: Residential Type your response in this box
Commercial/Industrial Type your response in this box
Natural land cover Type your response in this box