Maps
This is the imaginary line of 0 degrees latitude, dividing Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
Equator
A piece of evidence supporting Wegner's idea of continental drift
At the spring equinox, at noon the sun is directly overhead at this line of latitude?
What is the equator
Revolution
Which hemisphere contains the least amount of landmass?
Southern Hemisphere
These 2 important lines of latitude are located at approximately 23.5 degrees North and South of the Equator
Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn
This is the name for the deep, seismically active, sloping area where a subducting plate sinks into the mantle.
Convergent Boundaries
What two factors, working together, cause the seasons on Earth?
Earth's revolution and axial tilt
The process by which greenhouse gases in the atmosphere trap and re-radiate longwave radiation, keeping the Earth warm.
Greenhouse effect
What location would have the lower pressure? (ocean or Mountain peak)
Mountain Peak
This is the imaginary line of 0 degree longitude, around which the time zones are based.
Prime Meridian
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a classic example of this process, where new oceanic crust is created as plates pull apart.
When the Earth's axis is not tilted toward or away from the Sun, this occurs.
Equinox
Clouds reflect a significant amount of this type of radiation back into space.
Shortwave radiation
INSOLATION is a combination of these 3 words
Incoming Solar Radiation
One degree of this measurement is divided into 60 minutes, and each minute into 60 seconds, covering about 111 kilometers on Earth's surface.
Latitude
A change of volcanoes or islands can form as a tectonic plate move over a deep stationary source of magma.
Hotspot
The longest day of the year occurs in New Zealand during this month.
December
This is the measurement of how reflective a surface is to shortwave radiation.
Albedo
This process is the opposite of evaporation, where water vapor releases latent heat into the atmosphere.
Condensation
On a blueprint, 4 inches represents 24 miles. What is the actual distance if a line segment on the blueprint measures 6 inches.
36 miles
This phenomenon happens when Earth is at its farthest point from the Sun in its orbit.
The west coast of the United States experiences mild winter temperatures but this does not occur along the east coast. What pattern causes this phenomena?
wind direction
Ocean (Pacific) air regularly blows onto the continent influencing climate. But the east coast winds mostly originate from the continental interior, and during the winter these air masses tend to originate from interior Canada.
This word describes a change across earths surface. (Why some places are hotter than others
Spatial Variation