answering question
- ______________________________________ If the north pole is tilted toward the sun, what season would it be in the northern hemisphere?
- ______________________________________If the north pole is tilted away from the sun what season would it be for the northern hemisphere?
- ______________________________________In blanks three and four name the two seasons in which the the north and south pole eqidistant from the sun.
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- ______________________________________ in the blanks five through eleven, list the seven continents.
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- ______________________________________ in the last two blanks, list two types of scale on a map.
- ______________________________________ is the part of a map that describes what the symbols on a map are supposed to be.
- ______________________________________ are lines on a map that mark one elevation.
- ______________________________________Imaginary lines that circle the earth running east and west measuring distances North and South of the equator.
- ______________________________________Imaginary lines running north and south from pole to pole measuring distances east and west of the prime meridian.
- ______________________________________ How many degrees of latitude are there from the equator t to the north pole?
- ______________________________________ How many degrees of longitude are there from the Prime Meridian west to the International Date Line?
- ______________________________________ degrees of latitude and longitude are broken down into smaller units called____.
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- ______________________________________In the blanks above list three different types of map projection.
- ______________________________________ is an imaginary line running through the North and South Poles. The Earth does one complete rotation on this every twenty four hours.
- ______________________________________ is a term for the Earth’s trip around the sun every 365 ¼ days.
- ______________________________________ is the study of the earth.
- ______________________________________ As defined in class, a ___ is a part of the earth “struck in the shape of its own people”.
- ______________________________________ is ones exact location on the earth.
- ______________________________________ is a description of one’s location in relationship to something else.
- ______________________________________ Zero degrees longitude is also known as the ____.
- ______________________________________ Zero degrees Latitude is known as the ____.
- ______________________________________ stands for geographic information systems.
- ______________________________________ is the condition of the bottom layer of the earth’s atmosphere in one place over a short period of time.
- ______________________________________ is the term for the weather patterns that an area typically experiences over a long period of time.
- ______________________________________is the term for the change in the season marked by summer and winter when the direct rays of the sun appear overhead at the either the Tropic of Cancer or the Tropic of Capricorn. For half of the Earth there will be the fewest hours of daylight and the other half will have the most hours of daylight for the year.
- ______________________________________ is the change in season when the direct rays of the sun appear overhead at the Equator. The day will include twelve hours of daylight and darkness.
- ______________________________________ What direction does air flow?
- ____________________________________________________________________________ What does cold air do? and why?
- ____________________________________________________________________________ What does hot air do? And why?
15 – 17. Describe in detail the three different ways in which precipitation is forced to occur.
18 – 20. Describe in detail the tilt of the Earth’s axis as it revolves around the sun and how it affects our seasons.