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Navigation

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  1. The technique of looking for and locating objects on the shore to navigate is called?

 

  1. a) Navigation 
  2. b) Dead Reckoning
  3. c) Piloting
  4. d) Lighthouses

 

2.What is dead reckoning

 

  1. a) Using objects on the shore to navigate        
  2. b) Recording how far you have travelled in each direction based on a fixed point
  3. c) Using the stars and Sun to decide which way to go
  4. d) Making dead people decide which way to go

 

  1. Using the Sun, Moon, and stars to navigate is called?

 

  1. a) Celestial movement b) Global Positioning System
  2. c) Celestial Navigation d) none of the above

 

  1. Explain, in your own words, how you think GPS (Global Positioning Systems) work.

 

→I think GPS works where it tracks your location.

 

  1. True or False: Submarines use high frequency radiation to navigate underwater.

 

  1. a) True b) False

 

  1. What are the people outside of an aircraft who help navigate planes called?

 

  1. a) Pilots b) Navigators
  2. c) Air Traffic Controllers d) Playstation Controllers

 

WORD DEFINITION YOUR OWN SENTENCE
celestial positioned in or relating to the sky, or outer space as observed in astronomy. The late afternoon sunlight gave the room a celestial glow.
global relating to the whole world; worldwide Why isn’t this GPS (Global Positioning System) working
compass an instrument containing a magnetised pointer which shows the direction of magnetic north and bearings from it. Why isn’t this compass working!

 

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