Navigation
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- The technique of looking for and locating objects on the shore to navigate is called?
- a) Navigation
- b) Dead Reckoning
- c) Piloting
- d) Lighthouses
2.What is dead reckoning?
- a) Using objects on the shore to navigate
- b) Recording how far you have travelled in each direction based on a fixed point
- c) Using the stars and Sun to decide which way to go
- d) Making dead people decide which way to go
- Using the Sun, Moon, and stars to navigate is called?
- a) Celestial movement b) Global Positioning System
- c) Celestial Navigation d) none of the above
- Explain, in your own words, how you think GPS (Global Positioning Systems) work.
→I think GPS works where it tracks your location.
- True or False: Submarines use high frequency radiation to navigate underwater.
- a) True b) False
- What are the people outside of an aircraft who help navigate planes called?
- a) Pilots b) Navigators
- 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! |