DOCUMENT EXAM STUDY SHEET COMPLETE QUESTIONS ACCURATE SOLUTIONS.pdf

DOCUMENT EXAM STUDY SHEET COMPLETE QUESTIONS ACCURATE SOLUTIONS




Question:
latitude.

Answer:
all-important in the amounts and seasonality of energy received from the sun (tied to weather,
climate, soils, and living organisms)



Question:
longitude.

Answer:
tied to the rotation of the earth on its axis and has to do with physical time



Question:
prime meridian.

Answer:
0 degrees longitude



Question:
equator.

Answer:
0 degrees latitude



Question:

,location.

Answer:
expressed by latitude and longitude determined by the intersection of 2 coordinate lines



Question:
great circle.

Answer:
encircles the earth, bisects the earth, and can pass at any angle through a point on earth's surface ex.
the Equator



Question:
arcs.

Answer:
portions of great circles



Question:
small circles.

Answer:
parallel to the equator lines of latitude



Question:
degrees of latitude.

Answer:
distance in degrees of an arc straight north or south from the equator and of any such small circles



Question:
parallels.

, Answer:
small circles of latitude east-west direction and measure north and south of the equator



Question:
meridians.

Answer:
extend north and south and converging at the poles halves of great circles



Question:
International Date Line.

Answer:
the line of longitude that marks where each new day begins, centered on the 180th meridian



Question:
A.M. / P.M.

Answer:
ante meridian / post meridian refers to the position of the sun before and after it is overhead of the
local meridian



Question:
standard time zones.

Answer:
24 each zone has 15 degrees of longitude



Question:
cartographers.

Answer: