Earth Sun
Weather Vs. Climate
Temperature
Zones
Throwback
100
This is the most important line of latitude.
What is the Equator?
100
The average temperature and precipitation in an area over a long period of time.
What is climate?
100
Scientists say this is responsible for causing the earth to have different temperatures?
What is the Earth's Tilt?
100
According to scientist this is the most important factor in determining climate is.
What is latitude?
100
These are the lines that determine the location of a place.
What are latitude and longitude?
200
True or False the Earth is believed to be tilted at apporiximetley 100 degrees.
False
200
Current temperature and precipitation in an area.
What is weather?
200
This is the 1st day of the season when the suns rays are directly on the tropic of capricorn.
What is the 1st day of winter?
200
True or False land forms can play a factor in determining climate.
What is True?
200
This is the most important line of longitude.
What is the Prime Meridian?
300
This is the term that describes the Earth's path around the sun and takes 1 year.
What is Revolution?
300
One of these is a form of weather. Humidity, Hailing, Arid
What is Hailing?
300
This is the 1st day of the season when the suns rays are directly on the tropic of cancer.
What is summer?
300
These are all three latitude zones.
What is low-latitude, mid-latitude, high-latitude?
300
When determing the location of a place latitude and longitude together are called these.
What are coordinates?
400
This is when the suns rays are directly on the Equator and day and night are equal.
What is the Equinox?
400
This is precipitation in the form of flakes of crystalline water ice that falls from clouds.
What is Snow?
400
When the suns rays are directly on the tropic of cancer will it probably be hot or cold at Waltrip High School.
What is Hot?
400
Waltrip High school is in this climate zone .
What is humid subtropical?
400
True or False? Houston is both a perceptual and a formal region
What is False?
500
This is when the suns rays are directly on the tropic of cancer or on the tropic of capricorn.
What are the solstices?
500
True or False the weather today in Houston can be categorized as Humid Subtropical.
What is False
500
When the suns rays are directly on the tropic of capricorn will it probably be hot or cold in South Africa?
What is hot?
500
True or False. Antartica and the Artic Circle are in the same latitude zone
What is True?
500
The middle east is an example of an formal region.
What False?