THE EARTH AS A SPHERE
Mathematics SSS 3 First Term
WEEK 8
THE EARTH AS A SPHERE
Performance Objectives
Student should be able to:
- Describe the earth as a sphere and identify the lines of longitude, latitude, equator, north pole and south pole, small circle and great circle.
- Calculate the distance along the great circle.
- Calculate radius of parallel of latitudes.
- Calculate distance along the parallel of latitudes
Content
Various photographs of the earth taken from space has revealed that the earth is spherical in shape and has a radius varying between 6300 km and 6400 km. The figure below shows a model of the earth which consists of the following: The North and South poles, The polar axis NS
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Subject Scheme & Timeline:
- MATRICES
- MATRICES II
- ARITHMETIC of FINANCE
- ARITHMETIC OF FINANCE 2
- APPLICATION OF LINEAR AND QUADRATIC EQUATION
- TRIGONOMETRY (GRAPHS OF TRIGONOMETRICAL FUNCTIONS)
- Mathematics SSS3 First Term Mid Term Assessment
- SURFACE AREA AND VOLUME OF SPHERE
- THE EARTH AS A SPHERE
- CO-ORDINATE GEOMETERY 1
- CO-ORDINATE GEOMETERY 2
- DIFFERENTATION
- DIFFERENTIATION II – APPLICATION OF DIFFERENATION
- Mathematics SSS3 First Term Final Assessment
- MATRICES I
- Chapters 15
- Category SSS3
- Author ClassNotes Edu
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