SOS 700 Unit 2 Q3 Geography Relief of the Earth
winter solstice
December 21
The earth is divided in two hemispheres according to longitude, the ____________Hemisphere and ______________ Hemisphere.
Eastern Western
The continental United States is divided into four time zones:
Eastern Mountain Central Pacific
summer solstice
June 21
The map that shows the boundaries of states and countries is called a _______________map.
political
The map that indicates the concentration of people is called a _____________ map.
population
The map that shows highways and connecting roads is called a ______________map.
road
The International Date Line roughly follows:
the 180° meridian
If it is noon on board a ship at the same moment it is 2:00 p.m. along the prime meridian, the ship is at:
30° west longitude
revolution of the earth around the sun
365 ¼ days
Tropic of Cancer
23 ½° north of equator
Antarctic Circle
23 ½° north of the South Pole
Tropic of Capricorn
23 ½° south of equator
Arctic Circle
23 ½° south of the North Pole
A man standing at the North Pole would be at:
90° north latitude
spring equinox
March 21
The map projection that is best for calculating directions is the:
Mercator
The earth is divided in two hemispheres according to latitude, the ____________Hemisphere and the _______________Hemisphere.
Northern Southern
Three major mountain ranges in the United States are:
Rocky Appalachian Cascade Sierra Nevada
fall equinox
September 23
If it is Wednesday just east of the International Date Line, west of the line it is:
Thursday
Latitude (more than longitude) is closely related to:
climate
The map that indicates climate zones is called a ______________ map.
climatic
The only true representation of the earth is a
globe
axis
imaginary line for earth's rotation
Three types of map projections discussed in this unit are:
interrupted area | interrupted Mercator Polar
The equator represents 0°:
latitude
Imaginary lines that run from the North Pole to the South Pole are:
meridians of longitude
The starting point for measuring longitude is:
the prime meridian
Day and night are produced by:
the rotation of the earth on its axis
The map that shows topography is called a ________________ map.
topographical ~or~ physical
