Time
Earth's Surface
Latitude
Longitude
Earth Extras
100
The sun appears to rise because the Earth ______
What is rotates?
100
The imaginary line that runs through the Earth and connects the north and South Poles
What is the axis?
100
Another name for Latitude lines
What is parallel?
100
Another name for longitude lines
What is meridian?
100
Half of the Earth
What is a hemisphere?
200
The number of times zones on Earth?
What is 24?
200
The percentage of Earth that is ocean water
What is 70%
200
Directions that latitude measures
What is North and South?
200
Distance directions that longitude measures
What is East and West?
200
The Earth rotates once every _____.
What is 24 hours?
300
The Earth rotates in this direction
What is from West to East?
300
The 4 major oceans.
What are Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic
300
It has a latitude of 0.
What is the equator?
300
Has a longitude of 0.
What is the Prime Meridian?
300
The sun appears to rise in the _____
What is east?
400
The time zones of the United states
What are Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific
400
The 7 continents
What are N.A., S.A., Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica
400
The latitude of the North Pole
What is 90 N?
400
What is the highest longitude?
What is 180?
400
A set of horizontal and vertical lines on a map
What is a grid?
500
Imaginary line that defines the start of a day
What is the international date line?
500
The exact shape of the Earth
What is a slightly squashed Sphere?
500
The number of degrees between the North and South Pole
What is 180?
500
The measurement units for longitude and for (latitude)
What is a degree?
500
The spinning of Earth on its axis
What is rotation?
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