Review Questions
- Which type of satellite can be used to pinpoint your location on Earth?(Beginning)
- weather satellite
- communications satellite
- global positioning satellite
- climate satellite
- Explain the difference between geosynchronous orbits and polar orbits?
- Describe how GPS satellites can find your location on Earth?
- What is a Geographical Information System or GIS?
- If you want to map the entire Earth’s surface from orbit, which type of orbit would
you use? - Explain how weather satellites could track a tropical storm from its beginnings?
Further Reading / Supplemental Links
Nous, A., “Satellite Imaging”, The Science Teacher, Dec. 1998. Available on the Web at:
”Isaac’s Storm”: Available on the Web at:
USGS, Geographic Information Systems
GIS.com, What is GIS?
- htmlhttp://www.gis.com/whatisgis/index.html
USGS Topographical Mapping
- http://erg.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/booklets/topo/topo.html
- http://www.ccpo.odu.edu/SEES/index.html
- http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
- http://www.noaa.gov/satellites.html
- http://landsat.usgs.gov/
- http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs
- http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/07mexico/background/navigation/
navigation.html - http://www.geoplane.com/gps.html
- http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/kits/geodesy/geo09_gps.html