Key Terms
Rotation
Revolution
Seasons
Latitudes
100
imaginary line through Earth
What is axis?
100
what the Earth does in a 24hr. period.
What is makes a complete turn?
100
revolution
What is the circular motion the Earth makes around the Sun?
100
23 1/2 degress north.
What is Tropic of Cancer?
100
66 1/2 degrees north
What is Arctic Circle?
200
the path one body makes as its circles around another
What is orbit
200
the side of the Earth that faces the sun
What is daytime?
200
When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from Sun the seasons could be either...
What is fall and winter?
200
23 1/2 degrees south.
What is Tropic of Capricorn?
200
66 1/2 degrees South
What is the Antarctic Circle?
300
the sphere of very hot metal at the center of the Earth
What is core?
300
one hour apart
What is time zones?
300
When the Earth is tilted towards the sun it is either the season of ...
What is spring and summer?
300
Spring and Fall occurs when the Earth receives the direct rays of the sun along the ...
What is the Equator?
300
Tropic of Cancer
What is 23 1/2 degrees North?
400
a process that breaks rocks down into small pieces
What is weathering?
400
The Sun rises in the ______, and sets in the _________.
What is east and what is west?
400
When it is summer in one hemisphere it is the _______ in the other hemisphere.
What is the opposite in the other hemisphere?
400
It is summer in the Northern Hemisphere around what date
What is June 21st?
400
The area between 23 1/2 degrees North and 23 1/2 degrees South is know as ...
What is the Tropics?
500
the removal of small pieces of roch by water, ice, wind
What is erosion?
500
Time zones are 15 degrees longitude apart or ____ hr.
What is one hour?
500
the Earth makes on complete revolution every _________.
What is 365 1/4 days?
500
It is winter in the Northern Hemisphere on
What is December 21st?
500
The Arctic Circle and Antarctic Circle are known as the _______ regions.
What is polar?
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