Ch 9 Earths Features

Question 1

When the northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun, what season is it?

Accepted Answer

winter

Question 2

The sun rises where?

Accepted Answer

east

Question 3

What is the imaginary line that runs through the center of the earth?

Accepted Answer

axis

Question 4

If you cut the earth in half at the prime meridian, what 2 hemispheres will you have?

Accepted Answer

e & w

Question 5

For direct sunlight to happen, how earth needs to receive the sun rays.....

Accepted Answer

at a 90 degree angle

Question 6

What causes day and night?

Accepted Answer

earth's rotation, daytime on 1 side & nighttime on other side

Question 7

Which one is not a continent?

Accepted Answer

Indonesia

Question 8

Any single point on earth can be located at looking at what lines of longitude and latitude?

Accepted Answer

intersecting

Question 9

How are time zones lines drawn?

Accepted Answer

around borders & countries, around counties & countries, around towns and cities

Question 10

Indirect sunlight gives us what 2 seasons?

Accepted Answer

spring and fall

Question 11

How many time zones does earth have?

Accepted Answer

24

Question 12

How much of the earths surface is water?

Accepted Answer

70%

Question 13

What is the imaginary line that defines the start of every day?

Accepted Answer

international date line

Question 14

What do we call the spinning of the earth?

Accepted Answer

rotation

Question 15

Lines of latitude are sometimes called what type of lines?

Accepted Answer

parallel

Question 16

Why does the earth have different time zones?

Accepted Answer

because of earth's rotation

Question 17

A unit for measuring angles in a circle or sphere is called what?

Accepted Answer

a degree

Question 18

Does the sun move across the sky?

Accepted Answer

no

Question 19

Why can't we see the other side of the earth?

Accepted Answer

because of the curve

Question 20

The number at the prime meridian begins with "what" and ends at "what"?

Accepted Answer

0 & 180

Question 21

To what degree is the earth tilted?

Accepted Answer

23 1/2 degrees

Question 22

The earth's rotation once equals what?

Accepted Answer

24 hours, 1 day

Question 23

If it is 10:00 am here, what time is it 1/2 way across the earth?

Accepted Answer

10:00 pm

Question 24

Which one of the of the oceans is the largest?

Accepted Answer

Pacific

Question 25

Longitude is the distance east and west of what?

Accepted Answer

prime meridian

Question 26

One full circle around the sun is called what?

Accepted Answer

revolution

Question 27

The equator is the line of 0 degrees what?

Accepted Answer

latitude

Question 28

If you cut the world in half at the equator, what 2 hemispheres will you have?

Accepted Answer

n & s

Question 29

Lines that are vertical are called?

Accepted Answer

longitude

Question 30

When the northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun, what season is it?

Accepted Answer

summer

Ch 9 Earths Features

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Ch 9 Earths Features

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