Ellebo's World of Geography Study Questions-Chapter One and Two
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 The study of weather | meterology |
| imaginary line that circles the globe halfway between earth's north pole and south pole | equator |
| the two halves of the globe | hemispheres |
| earths seven large landmasses | continents |
| different ways of presenting the round earth on flat maps | map projections |
| lines of latitude | parallels |
| imaginery line drawn from the north pole through greenwich, england, to the south pole | prime meridian |
| has arrows that point to all four principal directions | compass rose |
| identifies the symbols on a mapand what they represent | legend |
| condensed droplets of water that fall as rain, snow, sleet or hail | precipitation |
| elevation, layout, and shapes of the land | topography |
| territories within a country that are connected (term applies to 48 of america's states) | contiguous |
| the two main branches of geography | political and physical |
| the kind of map that uses lines to connect points of equal elevation above or below sea level | elevation map |
| the part of the earth that includes all life forms | biosphere |
| 23.5 degrees | tilt of the earth |
| warm low-latitude areas near the equator | tropics |
| one complete spin of Earth on it's axis | rotation |
| time when earth's poles are not pointed toward or away from the sun | equinox |
| all the biological, chemical, and physical conditions that interact and affect life | environment |
| one elliptical orbit earth around the sun | revolution |
| energy from the sun | solar energy |
| time that earth's poles point at their greatest angle toward or away from the sun | solstice |
| the solid crust of the planet | lithosphere |
| the planets are visible because they... | reflect sunlight |
| in the northern hemisphere, the march equinox marks the beginning of... | spring |
| the earth is about how far away from the sun | 93 million miles |
| the sun is about how much times larger than earth | 100 times |
| the shape of Earth's orbit around the sun is | eliptical |
| the ocean floor is part of the | lithosphere |
| the north pole points toward the | north star |
| earth's _____ holds the atmosphere around the planet | gravitational pull |
| earth revolves around the sun in _____ days. | 365 1/4 |
| _______ are caused by the gravitational pull of the sun, moon, and earth. | tides |
| the tropic of cancer is located in the | northern hemisphere |
| the solstices occur each year on about | dec. 22 and june 22 |
| what causes ths sun to appear to rise and set | earth's rotation |
| which sphere contains cloud an fog | hydrosphere |
| in the southern hemisphere the march equinox marks the beginning of | fall |
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