S4 1st Term Key Terms #1

Macao is a Service Platform for Trade Cooperation between China and ______________-speaking countries.

Macao is located at the _________________ region/ zone with hot summers and mild winters. 

Claudius Ptolemaens believed that the Earth is the center of the solar system. It is called the ________________ model. 

There is no big change of daily temperature in Macao. So we say we have a small ___________ range of temperature.

Name the line of longitude that divides the Earth into Western and Eastern Hemisphere.

Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus did not support the geocentric view but believed in _______________ model instead.

The darkest time of year at the __________ Pole is the Winter Solstice (Dec21). The 24-hour darkness lasts for 11 weeks.

Macao and Hong Kong are ____________________, located at the south of Guangdong province.

Macao and Hong Kong are examples of __________ cities, located next to the South China Sea.

The sun is nearest to being directly _______ at Macao on June 3 & July 10. It happens twice a year near summer solstice.

The geographic ________________ of Macao are 22.19° N, 113.54° E. It is a special administrative region of China.

The legend is that Isaac Newton discovered ______ when he saw a falling apple while thinking about the forces of nature.

Macao is situated South of the Tropic of ___________ which is equal to Hawaii in latitude. 

In 1557 the ____________________ took over Macao, making it the first European colony in East Asia.

Climate changes with ____________.

The _______ climate of Earth occur in the middle latitudes, which span between the tropics & the polar regions of Earth.

The ___________ zone in Macao is UTC (Universal Time Coordinated) +8. 

Place A is at time Zone +5; Longitude of Place B is 60W. If the time now in Place A is 3:30pm, what is the time in B?

Johannes _____________ is best known for his three laws of planetary motion. 

Polar regions receive ________ sunlight than places located at the equator.

The _____________ is an imaginary line with the latitude 0° & divides the Earth into Northern & Southern Hemispheres. 

The GPS (Global __________ System) is a "constellation" of approximately 30 well-spaced satellites that orbit the Earth.

The ___________ regions are located in the very north and very south of the globe – the two pole ends of the Earth. 

Polar regions are at ________ latitudes.

Most of Macao’s vegetation belongs to the _____________ broad-leaf woodland, tree, shrub and coastal bush groups.

Galileo Galilei is often incorrectly credited with the creation of a ____. Instead, he significantly improved upon them.

Macao falls within the ________________ and eastern hemispheres. 

Albert Einstein's general theory of ______________ is one of the towering achievements of 20th-century physics.

The ____________ received at the equator is a lot more than that at the poles. It helps the growth of plants & animals.

The __________ Circle is one of the 5 major latitudes on the Earth at approximately 66.5° south of the equator.