Benchmark Test: 1-25

If you say that Canada is north of the US, you are giving a _ for each country.

During an _, days and nights are nearly equal in length.

Time in the region surrounding the Prime Meridian sometimes called

The _ on a map shows the major directions for the area displayed.

Modern geographers can view _, pictures of Earth's surface taken from orbit.

The two main ways to describe both weather and climate are _ and temperature.

The theory of _ helps explain the movement of Earth's continents.

What type of map would you look at to find the voting results for a presidential election?

What is the primary reason that some of Earth is consistently warmer that other areas of Earth?

The Canary & Labrador current move cool water from the poles where cool water _ the air near it

What type of map would you use to find the elevation of mountain ranges?

Ecosystems can change over time because of physical processes or

Look at the _ of a map to understand the meaning of that map's symbols and shading.

When _ resources are used up, they are gone for good

Day and night are caused by

What causes earthquakes?

What causes some areas of Earth to be warmer than other areas?

Earth travels around the Sun along an oval-shaped path called an

When two air masses of different temperatures collide, one result of that may be

The Earth's inner _ is made of solid metal.

_, move heat and moisture between different parts of the Eearth

The world is divided into many areas that share the same time, known as

Most maps have a key and a scale bar in order to

_ act like large rivers in the Earth's oceans and help spread Earth's heat and shape climates.

Real-world distance is represented by a given space on a map, look at the _ of that map.