This is where a place a located in relation to another area or place?
What is relative location?
100
These lines run parallel around the world. The equator is one of them.
What is lines of latitude?
100
This shows directions on a map
What is a compass rose?
200
This identifies symbols on a map
What is a map legend?
200
These lines on a map run from pole to pole
What are lines of longitude?
200
Lines of latitude and longitude mark this type of location (absolute or relative)
What is absolute location?
200
If I told you that the McDonalds in Highland Park was by saying it was North of the train station, what type of location would I be giving you (absolute or relative?)
What is relative location?
200
If I gave you someone's address what type of location would that be (absolute or relative?)
What is absolute location?
300
This is one complete trip by the earth around the sun
What is revolution?
300
This is an imaginary line that runs through the north pole and the south pole, through the center of the Earth.
What is the Earth's axis?
300
This is the spinning motion of the earth around it's axis?
What is rotation?
300
How can you estimate difference on a map?
What is map scale?
300
This organizes space on a map
What is a map grid?
400
The meridian of longitude located at 180 degrees . By international agreement . the date is on day earlier to east of this line
What is the International Date Line?
400
The system of imaginary lines called parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude used to divide the surface of earth on maps and globes
What is the global grid?
400
The area between the Artic circle and the north pole or between the Antarctic circle and the south pole where climate is generally cold
What are the polar zones?
400
The line of latitude at 60 d 30 d S that marks the boundary of the southern polar zone
What is the Antartic Zones?
400
The line of latitude at 60 d 30 d N that marks the boundary of the northern polar zone
What are arctic circles?
500
This is how seasons are created
What is the Earth's tilt?
500
A set of numbers that together describe the exact location of something. such as a place on a map.
What are coordinates?
500
The northernmost line of latitude where the sun’s rays ever beat straight down. This line marks the northern limit of the tropic zone.
What is the Tropic of Cancer?
500
The southernmost line of latitude where the sun’s rays ever beat straight down. This line marks the southern limit of the tropical zone
What is the Tropic of Capricorn?
500
The area between the equator and the Tropic Cancer and between the equator and the Tropic Capricorn where the climate is generally hot