Map Skills (3A) Online Lab Instructions and Pictures Assignment: Download the lab file (Map Skills Lab 3A) from the labs webpage. Then, use the instructions and pictures in this file to complete the lab. For more information on completing labs at home online, see the instructions for doing labs at home online in the syllabus. The pictures and instructions begin on the next page. Note: All longitudes and latitudes in your lab must be followed by a N, S, E, or W, and do not forget to include the symbols for degrees o and – if necessary – minutes ’. If these elements are not present, you answers are incorrect because they lack units.

Activity 3: Measuring Distance on Maps

To answer question 14, use the route on the base map given below to answer the questions. The dots A, B, and C show the locations where your ship changes direction. You will need to determine their longitudes and latitudes.

Activity 4: Familiarizing Yourself with Our Ocean

To answer question number 19, use the “base map” in activity 2 of the lab. The scale is located in the upper right corner of the “base map.”

Bottom of Redondo Canyon

Bottom of Bluff Cove:

Ocean Bottom: Several Places Around the Map

Sewer and Submarine Oil Pipelines

Oil Seeping from the Bottom of the Ocean

Activity 5: The Meaning of Map Scales Santa Monica Bay Map:

Map Legend

Marina del Rey Map:

Map Legend

Activity 6: Map Projections

Activity 7: More Maps,

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