The Earth
Atmosphere, Biosphere, Hydrosphere
What 'spheres' does this class cover?
365 days
How long is Earth's revolution?
The art of map construction
What is cartography?
The gathering of information from an object or surface
without direct contact
What is remote sensing?
Electromagnetic (EM) energy transmitted as a wave
What is radiation?
-take the full distance around the Earth
and split it into halves
What are Great Circles? (bonus if you can name 1)
Earth is closest to the Sun
What is perihelion? (bonus, name the month)
Map that displays the geographical distribution of one
phenomenon or the spatial associations that occur between a few
phenomena
What is a thematic map?
a U.S.-owned utility that provides users with positioning, navigation, and
timing (PNT) services
What is a GPS?
Emitted by “hot” objects, i.e. the Sun
What is shortwave radiation?
run along the Earth’s surface but do not
split it in half
What are Small Circles? (bonus if you can name 1)
Earth is farthest from the Sun
What is aphelion? (bonus, name the month)
A globe is the most accurate way to represent Earth's curved
surface
What is a globe?
System for storing, analyzing and
manipulating spatially referenced
data
What is a GIS system?
Emitted by “cool” objects, i.e. those on Earth’s surface, even objects
hot to the touch, or too hot to touch
What is longwave radiation?
Parallels
Equator is latitude at 0 degrees
N & S Hemispheres
Give North/South Orientation
What are latitude lines?
Earth's tilt and orientation
What causes seasons?
Cartographic process used to represent the
Earth's three-dimensional surface onto a two-dimension map.
This process creates some type of distortion artifact on the map
What are map projections?
system of
satellites provides most of the remotely
sensed weather information for North
America
What is a GOES (Geostationary Operational
Environmental Satellite)?
when the sun is at its highest
point
What is solar noon?
Meridians
Prime Meridian-Selected
– IDL-Set in 1884 by the International Meridian
Conference (IMC), held in Washington, D.C.
Gives East/West Orientation
What are longitude lines?
Greenwich, England
Where is the IDL?
Small area, fine detail
What defines a large scale map?
Lines on a map joining points of equal value
What are isolines?
Lower during the winter
When is the sun the lowest?