The Basics
The number of degrees in a circle.
What is 360 degrees?
all lines that are equal distance apart have this name
What are parallels?
Where you find information on a map or globe
What is a key or legend?
Always found circling in the North at 66 1/2 degrees
What is the Arctic Circle?
Lots of seasonal weather here
What is the Temperate Zone?
Half of a sphere
What is a hemisphere?
What the lines of Longitude are called
What are meridians?
This would state how many globes it would take to equal the size of Earth
What is a ratio?
A "hot" line for sure! And found at 23 1/2 degrees South
What is the Tropic of Capricorn?
Where Mrs. Marks would find one of her favorite beaches and favorite weather
What is the Tropical Zone?
North, East, South, and West
What are the Cardinal Directions?
The reference or 0 degree line of Latitude
What is the Equator?
The highest of highs and the lowest of lows! On a map we think of this
What is elevation?
You will find penguins and the Antarctic Circle here
What is 66 1/2 degrees South?
These zones don't get very much direct sunlight...any time of the year
What are the Polar Zones?
Another name for a compass rose
What is a wind rose?
These lines always meet up or intersect at the North and South Poles
Lines of Longitude
When you can feel the difference between mountains and deserts on a map or globe.
What is a relief map?
A South American country is named after this line
What is the Equator? (Equador)
The zone we live in
What is the Temperate Zone?
NE, SW, NW, and SE are examples
What are ordinal or intermediate directions?
The formal name of the lines used for location that make concentric circles around the Earth
What are the Parallel Lines of Latitude?
Often used on maps to mark cities or capitals
What are dots and stars?
No chill here! This is where the Tropic of Cancer can be found
What is 23 1/2 degrees North?
The location of the Polar Zones- by the numbers!
What is between 66 1/2 degrees and 90 degrees- both North and South?