Earth
Like a ball
If it is 12:00 pm Central time zone what time is it in Mountain time zone?
11 a.m.
What is the 0 degree of latitude called?
Equator
0 degrees longitude is called the
Prime Meridian
Name a continent
North America, S. America, Asia, Europe, Africa, Antarctica, Australia
How much water is on Earth?
70%
If it is 2:00 pm in the Pacific time zone, what time will it be in the central time zone?
Name one continent completely below the equator
Australia or Antarctica
If you are looking left of the prime meridian what directions is that? West or East
West
Unit for measuring longitude and latitude
degrees
How much land is on Earth?
30%
It is 6:00 pm in Bloomington, IL, what time is it in Ohio (Eastern time zone)?
7:00 pm
What is the weather like at the equator
Hot
What are longitude lines called?
meridians
The Earth rotates once every/ makes a complete circle
day
One of the seven major land areas of the Earth?
continent
If it is 8:00 am in North Carolina (Eastern time zone), what time is it in Colorado (Mountain time zone)?
6:00 am
If you are traveling below the equator are you going North or South?
South
longitude lines run - North to south or East and West
North to South
a set of horizontal and vertical lines on a map is called a
grid
What word means spinning of the Earth?
rotation
What time zone is Los Angeles, California?
Pacific
Europe, North America, or Asia
The farthest point north on a map is called the
north pole
axis