Vocab/Other
Name something on the west side of our classroom.
Possible answers: windows, bookshelves, black tables, printer, etc.
Which two continents are located entirely in the Western Hemisphere?
North America and South America
True or False:
A map of a city park would likely have latitude and longitude lines.
False
The rotation of the Earth around its axis signifies _________________.
A. One day (24 hrs.)
B. One year
C. One season
D. Day or Night (12 hrs)
A. One day (24 hrs.)
What does the relative location of a place tell you?
Where something is compared to something else.
What two continents are entirely in the Southern Hemisphere?
Antaractica and Australia
How do you find the absolute location of something on a global map?
Longitude and Lattitude (global grid)
The tilt of Earth's axis causes ________________.
A. Day and night
B. Seasons
C. Leap Years
D. Gravity
B. Seasons
Give an example of a distortion that can occur on a map.
- Shape of continents/oceans
- Size of continents/oceans
- distance between features
A meridian of longitude runs parallel to the Tropic of Cancer.
False
What does the scale on a map tell you?
The distance on a map compared to the distance on Earth.
When fall begins in the Northern Hemisphere, what season begins in the Southern Hemisphere?
Spring
How much of Earth's surface is covered in ocean water?
About 70%
Which two lines mark the northernmost and southernmost points beyond which the sun's rays never beat straight down?
The Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn
True or False:
A large-scale map shows a small area with a large amount of details.
True
When summer begins in the Southern Hemisphere, what season is ending in the Northern Hemisphere?
Fall
Describe the relative location of Lydia compared to Braden.
Lydia is North West of Braden.
What two lines mark the areas in which areas of the Earth receive no sunlight one day a year?
The Artic Circle and the Antarctic Circle
True or False:
A small-scale map shows a large area with a small amount of detail.
True
Name the seasons of the Tropic Zone
What map features does the Goode-Homolosine projection show most accurately?
The size and shapes of continents.