About the Earth
How many hours of day light does the equinox see?
12 Hours
What line is zero degrees latitude?
Equator
A cluster of islands are what?
archipelago
Where do the earth get it's solar energy from?
Sun
waters which make up the earth’s sphere?
Hydrosphere, Biosphere, Atmosphere, or Lithosphere
Hydrosphere
As elevation increases, what happens to temperature?
It gets colder
What is zero degrees longitude?
Prime Meridian
What does GIS stand for?
Geographic information system
_______ is the condition of the atmosphere at a given place and time.
Weather
If the climograph line goes up, which hemisphere is it in? North or South
North
High why are high latitudes colder?
little direct sunlight
What line is between the tropics and antarctic/artic lines?
Mid latitudes
The wearing away and movement of soil or rock is known as
erosion
Earth spins on its axis once every 24 hours. This is called...
Earth's Rotation
the layers of gases immediately surrounding the earth is which sphere?
Hydrosphere, Biosphere, Atmosphere, or Lithosphere
Atmosphere
True or False- Physical geography impact where people live?
True
What degree is the Earth tilted? Hint-Same as the degree for the tropics
23.5
What system is used to find coordinates?
GPS
The Earth’s tilt gives Earth its ____.
Seasons and the length of days
the solid rock portion of the earth’s proportion is which sphere?
Hydrosphere, Biosphere, Atmosphere, or Lithosphere
Lithosphere
What is human environmental interaction?
When humans change the environment to fit their needs. Ex- water dams, lights, cutting trees for shelter.
If it is summer here, what season is happening south of the equator?
Winter
Peninsula
What date is the spring equinox?
March 21st
all the parts of the earth where plants and animals live is which sphere
Hydrosphere, Biosphere, Atmosphere, or Lithosphere
Biosphere