It has to take a few days of classroom time to give you an understanding of this subject.
There's no short-cut. Sorry. If you can't answer 'em, then you don't have the aptitude,
and you need to go on to the next subject on the test.
I'm thinking of this situation where somebody asks WikiAnswers "How do you solve
aptitude questions based on neurosurgery ?", and somehow enough contributors
throw a little information and a lot of technique onto the screen, making it possible
for this person somehow to convince some people that he knows something about
neurosurgery. They don't teach him neurosurgery ... they only give him exactly what
he asked for, explaining " ... how to solve ... questions based on ... " neurosurgery.
He still doesn't know the subject, but he's able to answer questions based on it all day.
Would you want him operating on your brain ? How about just a short little operation
on your spinal chord ?
latitude and longitude
The key lines are latitude and longitude. These are based on specific points. The equator is the latitude around the center of the earth. Longitude is measured from the Prime Meridian, which goes through the Greenwich Observatory in England.The Tropics and the Arctic/Antarctic Circle are also key.
Longitude proved more difficult to determine because longitude was based in the concept of time, making clocks an important variable in navigation. The time and distance in addition to the use of the sextant for latitude proved more difficult than measuring the latitude.
Time Zones are based on lines of Longitude - with detours to avoid land.
The Greek invented latitude and longitude. Someone devised a concept of using a reference system based on the shape of the Earth, with the coordinates (latitude, longitude) expressed as degrees. In the 3rd century BC Erathosthenes proposed a system of latitude and longitude for a map. The following century (2nd century BC) Hipparchus was the first to use the above system to uniquely specify certain places on th Earth.
what improved the ability to determine latitude and longitude based on the stars
Yes.
latitude and longitude
latitude longitude
Global positional systems (GPS) work by triangulating your position based upon finding your longitude and latitude. A device will find longitude and latitude and the GPS will read that and translate it into maps.
That is called the coordinates of the place.
The key lines are latitude and longitude. These are based on specific points. The equator is the latitude around the center of the earth. Longitude is measured from the Prime Meridian, which goes through the Greenwich Observatory in England.The Tropics and the Arctic/Antarctic Circle are also key.
Longitude proved more difficult to determine because longitude was based in the concept of time, making clocks an important variable in navigation. The time and distance in addition to the use of the sextant for latitude proved more difficult than measuring the latitude.
Time Zones are based on lines of Longitude - with detours to avoid land.
The Greek invented latitude and longitude. Someone devised a concept of using a reference system based on the shape of the Earth, with the coordinates (latitude, longitude) expressed as degrees. In the 3rd century BC Erathosthenes proposed a system of latitude and longitude for a map. The following century (2nd century BC) Hipparchus was the first to use the above system to uniquely specify certain places on th Earth.
There are many things which are depend on coordinate geometry, for example when a person or government wants to find where a place is situated, or the location of a person, longitude and latitude coordinates can be used to find them. The whole globe is based on longitude and latitude - where the lines of longitude and latitude meet is a coordinate.For example, it is possible to find the longitude and latitude of a place and then use those coordinates to find the place on a map. The location could also be put into a sat-nav device which uses its current longitude and latitude coordinates to work out a route to the destination - all in little steps between different coordinates.
The EMT-Basic test is given via a computer and is a Computer Adaptive Test (i.e., the test is adapted based on the student's aptitude). The number of questions on the EMT-Basic exam will range from 70 to 120 based on the EMT student's aptitude. You will be given a maximum of two hours to complete the EMT-Basic exam.