Physical Geography
On June 21, the Sun's rays are directly over
tropic of Cancer
6) The Sun's rays are directly overhead at the ________ on or about December 21.
tropic of capricorn
The Milky Way is one of, at least, ________ galaxies in the Universe.
two hundred billion
"Greenwich Mean Time" is also known as ________.
universal time coordinated
Of the following, which is the first day of spring?
vernal equnox
At the North Pole, one degree of longitude extends ________ kilometers on the ground.
0
How many time zones are contained within Alaska?
1
At the Equator (0°), a given point on Earth's surface travels about ________ kilometers per hour.
1,600
Near the North Pole, one degree of latitude extends ________ kilometer(s) on the ground.
111
Earth's diameter is CLOSEST to ________ kilometers.
12,000
The closest position taken by the Earth relative to the Sun is ________ million kilometers.
147
Longitude is divided into multiples of ________ degrees for the purpose of delimiting standard time zones.
15
At the time of the aphelion, Earth is ________ million kilometers from the Sun.
152
The geographic grid line 180 degrees of longitude from the Prime Meridian is the ________.
180th meridian
The altitudinal difference (relief) between the top of the tallest mountain and the bottom of the deepest ocean trench is CLOSEST to ________ kilometers.
20
The world is divided into ________ standard zones.
24
How many degrees of latitude are there between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn?
47
The United States spans ________ time zones.
6
Russia is the country containing the most time zones. It contains ________ zones.
9
When the Sun's rays are directly overhead at the Tropic of Capricorn, it is ________.
December 21
When the circle of illumination just touches the Arctic Circle and the North Pole is dark, the date is closest to
december 21
A cross section of Earth cut from pole to pole would reveal which shape?
ellipse
A spot on Earth's surface rotates fastest at the ________.
equator
Of the following, which is a great circle?
equator
The first nearly correct measurement of the Earth's circumference was made by ________.
eratosthenes
) A ________ separates Earth into two hemispheres.
great circle
Universal Time Coordinated is also known as ________.
greenwich mean time
The Sun is a star in the ________ galaxy.
milky way
Before time zones were created in the 1880s, one could encounter ________ time standards on a rail trip across the United States.
more than 20
Our solar system contains ________ moons revolving around the planets.
more than one hundred
The response to Earth's rotation is
polar flattening
The north end of Earth's axis points towards
polaris
The fact that at any time during the year, the Earth's axis is parallel to its orientation at all other times is called its parallelism, or ________.
polarity
The 0° Meridian is the same line as the ________ .
prime meridian
The Greenwich Meridian is also known as the ________.
prime meridian
The distance of 150,000,000 kilometers is CLOSEST to being ________.
the average Earth/Sun distance
The Earth/Sun aphelion occurs once per year during the month of ________.
July
One degree of longitude equals 0 miles on the ground at the ________.
North Pole
The maximum distance between Earth and Sun occurs in July and is called the ________.
aphelion
Eratosthenes was the first to accurately measure the Earth's ________.
circumference
