Transcript Slide 1

Project WISE
Earth Science - ArcView
Using Maps to Determine Relationships
and Evaluate Information
• Answer each question below by stating the
relationship, explaining how you determined the
relationship, and the map(s) you used. Each
map is located on the webpage that you found
this document on. Please clearly state your
opinion for each statement.
State the relationship between...
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elevation and amount of precipitation.
rock type and elevation.
rock type and presence of aquifers.
elevation and number of summer days the regions are
affected by thunderstorms.
rock type and landscape region.
east versus west side of the Adirondack Mountains and
amount of precipitation.
latitude and longitude and the location of global
precipitation belts.
latitude and longitude and the location of
deserts/rainforests.
Evaluate…
• which location from your ESRT would be the
best place to start an apple farm. (You may need
to research this on the internet.) WHY?
• why higher elevations tend to receive greater
precipitation amounts.
• why there are global precipitation belts on Earth.
• why Long Island in its entirety the listed as an
aquifer.
NYS Topography
Ny500ft.shp
0 - 304.88
304.88 - 457.32
457.32 - 609.76
609.76 - 762.2
762.2 - 1219.52
Nycounty.shp
Nystate.shp
N
W
200
0
200
E
400 Miles
S
Landscapes of NYS
Nylndsc1.shp
Adirondack Mountains
Allegheny Plateau
Atlantic Coastal Plain
Catskills
Champlain Lowlands
Erie-Ontario Lowlands
Hudson Highlands
Hudson-Mohawk Lowlands
Manhattan Prong
Newark Lowlands
St. Lawrence Lowlands
Taconic Mountains
Tug Hill Plateau
N
W
200
0
200
E
400 Miles
S
Rock Types of NYS
Nygeol.shp
CamOrdo Met
Cambrian Seds
Cret, Tert, Pleistocene
Devonian
Lake Champlain
Lake Wallkill
OrdoCam Met
OrdoCam Seds
Ordovician Seds
Paleozoic Mafic
Penn & Miss
Silurian
Syenite
Taconic
Triassic
mProt Anorthosite
mProt Gneiss/Qzt/Mar
mProt Granite
N
W
200
0
200
E
400 Miles
S
NYS Aquifers
Nycounty.shp
Aquifer s_poly.shp
Carbonate-r ock aquifers
Sandstone and car bonate-rock aquifers
Sandstone aquifers
Semiconsolidated sand aquifers
Nystate.shp
N
W
200
0
200
E
400 Miles
S
NYS Precipitation Patterns
US State Borders
US Precipitation (cm/yr)
4- 8
9 - 13
14 - 18
19 - 23
24 - 28
29 - 33
34 - 38
39 - 43
44 - 48
49 - 53
54 - 58
59 - 63
64 - 68
69 - 73
74 - 78
79 - 83
84 - 88
89 - 93
94 - 98
99 - 103
104 - 108
109 - 113
114 - 118
119 - 123
124 - 128
129 - 133
134 - 138
139 - 143
144 - 148
149 - 175
176 - 200
201 - 250
251 - 300
301 - 500
501 - 700
N
W
100
0
100
E
200 Miles
S
Number of Thunderstorms
per Year in Northeast U.S.
Summerthunder.shp
0 - 12
13 - 20
21 - 28
29 - 37
38 - 49
N
W
200
0
200
E
400 Miles
S
Desert and Rainforest Patterns
90 N
60 N
30 N
equator
3 0S
Deserts
Tropical Rainforests
Countries
6 0S
9 0S
N
W
7000
0
7000
E
14000 Miles
S
Global Precipitation Patterns
Precipitation (cm/yr)
0 - 34.8
34.8 - 61.2
61.2 - 87.6
87.6 - 111.6
111.6 - 136.8
136.8 - 164.4
164.4 - 194.4
194.4 - 229.2
229.2 - 267.6
267.6 - 361.2
Countries
90 N
60 N
30 N
equator
3 0S
6 0S
9 0S
N
W
7000
0
7000
E
14000 Miles
S
US Precipitation Patterns
US State Borders
US Precipitation (cm/yr)
4- 8
9 - 13
14 - 18
19 - 23
24 - 28
29 - 33
34 - 38
39 - 43
44 - 48
49 - 53
54 - 58
59 - 63
64 - 68
69 - 73
74 - 78
79 - 83
84 - 88
89 - 93
94 - 98
99 - 103
104 - 108
109 - 113
114 - 118
119 - 123
124 - 128
129 - 133
134 - 138
139 - 143
144 - 148
149 - 175
176 - 200
201 - 250
251 - 300
301 - 500
501 - 700
N
W
900
0
900
E
1800 Miles
S
US Thunderstorm Patterns
US State Borders
Summer Thunderstorms
0 - 6 days w /storms
8 - 12
14
16
18
20
22
24
26 - 31
33 - 49
N
W
900
0
900
E
1800 Miles
S