Activities of unit 1

1. Activities Unit 1 The Earth and its representation Name: Group:
What time is it in the following cities if we consider that it is 11: 00 in London?
- Buenos Aires: - Beijing: - Paris: - New York: - Tokyo:
If we take a plane in Madrid at 19: 00 bound to Brasilia and the flight is 6 hours long, what time is in this city when we land?
How many time zones are there in the following countries? Spain: USA: Russia: China: Canada:
What is the reason for taking the Greenwich Meridian as the prime meridian?
Why do we change our hour twice a year? Do you think this change is really useful?
Which country is the first in starting a new day of the calendar? And the last one?

2. Activities Unit 1 The Earth and its representation Name: Group:
- Underline the Equator and Greenwich meridian lines
- Mark the following points in the map: a) Lat 60º N, Long 30º W b) Lat 0º, Long 0º c) Lat 20º S, Long 120º E d) Lat 80º S, Long 10º W
- Mark in the map and write the geographical coordinates of these cities: 1) Madrid 2) Cape Town City
3) Tokyo 4) Mexico D.F. 5) La Habana 6) Stockholm
What is the most northern coordinate we can find in the map?
What is the most western longitude we can find in the map?
What country is in the antipodes of Spain? What coordinates does it have?

3. Activities Unit 1 The Earth and its representation Name: Group:
Complete this summary chart with the drawing, characteristic and disadvantages of each model:
CYLINDRYCAL PROJECTION
(MERCATOR PROJECTION)
CHARACTERISTICS, ADVANTAGES AND
DISADVANTAGES
CONIC PROJECTION (LAMBERT PROJECTION) CHARACTERISTICS, ADVANTAGES AND
DISADVANTAGES
PLANAR/FLAT PROJECTION
(ZENITAL or AZIMUT PROJECTION)
CHARACTERISTICS, ADVANTAGES AND
DISADVANTAGES

4. Activities Unit 1 The Earth and its representation Name: Group:
Make a brief summary explaining the differences can you see between these two types of projections