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The Earth
Reasons for the Seasons
Climates
100
the part of the map that allows you to determine direction
What is the compass rose?
100
your street address is an example of this
What is absolute location?
100
solar energy begins to increase during this season
What is spring?
100
seasonal winds that can bring heavy rains
What are monsoons?
100
the type of climate that occurs near the equator
What is a tropical climate?
200
the part of the map that allows you to determine distance
What is the map scale?
200
the study of weather
What is meteorology?
200
the regions that have seasons marked by rainfall rather than temperature
What are the tropics?
200
the parts of the Earth that can receive up to 24 hours of sunlight
What are areas near the poles?
200
the type of climate the occurs in the upper latitudes
What is a polar climate?
300
the part of the map that identifies what the symbols on the map mean
What is the map key?
300
the statement that Youngstown is east of Rootstown is an example of this
What is relative location?
300
evaporation, condensation and precipitation are processes in this cycle
What is the water cycle?
300
the movement or orbit of the Earth around the sun is called this
What is a revolution?
300
the type of climate that occurs in the middle latitudes
What is a temperate climate?
400
if the map scale is 1 cm : 25 miles, then a distance of 6 cm on the map would represent this
What is 150 miles?
400
the study of how people make and spend money is this type of geography
What is economic geography?
400
every 24 hours the Earth completes one of these
What is a rotation?
400
the seasons that occur when the poles are tilted neither toward nor away from the sun
What are spring and fall?
400
the type of climate that occurs at many different latitudes and is really most affected by elevation
What is a highland climate?
500
lines of longitude
What are meridians?
500
the latitude and longitude coordinates of Rootstown, Ohio
What is 41 degrees North by 81 degrees West?
500
this is the main reason for the change in seasons
What is the tilt of the Earth on its axis?
500
an equinox occurs twice a year when this happens
What are equal amounts of daylight and night (darkness)?
500
ground that is permanently frozen
What is permafrost?