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