WorksheetsChapter 21: Google Earth
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is a Layer?
An Icon placed on the map to indicate a location.
Information about the local area.
Overlay of information on a view.
360 movement in Google Earth.
What is a Marker?
An icon that indicates a specific location.
Overlay of information on a specific location.
Something you color with.
Short videos on a location.
What is Panoramic View?
A map mode that was taken from a satellite.
A map mode that makes it look like a real map
A 180 view were the user can see somethings around themselves
A 360 view were the user can see everything around themselves.
What is a Tour?
Displays information from a fixed view, no zooming.
Short videos that display information and has camera movement.
360 view of your location
Overlay of informaion
How do you obtain Google Earth?
Chrome provides it for you
You must download it, it is separate.
Google Earth is already installed on your computer, you just have to open it.
Google Earth is an early access and is not available to you currently.
True or False: You must have a Google Account to use Google Earth.
True
False
What additional options are unlocked if users sign into their Gmail accounts?
Create Tours
Access Markers
Share images or tours with other users
All of the above
What are the two main components of Google Earth?
The map display and panoramic view
The map display and sidebar containing information panels.
Tours and Layers
Map Mode and Earth view
What does the Tour Guide panel do?
Lets you turn on a virtual tour guide that will commentate on your tour.
Displays pictures of your most recent searchs
Spans at the bottom, it includes images and tours.
Lets you become an actual Tour Guide.
Which of these is NOT a information panel in the sidebar?
Tour Guide Panel
Layers Panel
Places Panel
Search Panel
True or False: You CANNOT input exact address into Google Earth, only landmarks.
True
False
True or False: Depending on your location, Google Earth will offer you Tours around the area.
True
False
What of these are Tours Google Earth offers?
Grand Canyon, Arizona
Mount Fuji, Japan
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
All of the Above
True of False: Markers can be customized and even be put into folders.
True
False
What is the default view for Google Earth?
Panoramic view.
Above with the ability to zoom in and out.
Birds eye view.
Just the Earth, no zooming
According to the book, what was NOT one of the examples given for the Ocean layer?
Animal Tracking
Wave Patters
Shipwrecks
Protected Marine habitats
What does Google Sky do?
Lets you see only the moon.
Lets you see only mars.
Lets you view a live video of the sky in selected destinations.
Lets you see stars, constellations, galaxies, moons, and planets
What does Google Moon do?
Provides users with a view of the moon
Provides users with a view of Mars
Provides users with a view of Earth
Provides users with a view of stars
What does Google Mars do?
Provides a view of the Moon
Provides a view of Mars from Earth
Provides a view of Mars
Mars is a myth
True or False: To collect the imaging for Google Mars, they used Mars Global Surveyor in 2010 and Mars Odyssey in 2001.
True
False
