GRY 142 Test 1 Questions and Answers Fully Solved Graded A+
Environmental Spheres - Answers lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere/cryosphere, biosphere
Latitude - Answers Distance north or south of the equator
Longitude - Answers Distance east or west of the prime meridian
Equator - Answers An imaginary circle around the middle of the earth, halfway between the North Pole
and the South Pole 0 degrees latitude
Prime Meridian - Answers The meridian, designated at 0° longitude, which passes through the Royal
Observatory at Greenwich, England.
Graticle - Answers illustrated lines of latitude and longitude
Solar Altitude Angle - Answers the vertical angle between the sun and the horizon (90-arc distance)--Arc
distance = distance in degrees between the latitude in question and the declination of the sun)
Zenith Angle - Answers the angle formed between a line perpendicular to the earth's surface and the
position of the sun in the sky
Solar Declination - Answers the latitude where the sun is directly overhead at noon
March Equinox - Answers equator faces sun directly; neither pole tilts toward sun; all regions on earth
experience 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness
December Solstice - Answers northern hemisphere tilts away from sun and has shortest day and longest
night; southern hemisphere tilts toward sun and has longest day and shortest night
September Equinox - Answers equator faces sun directly; neither pole tilts toward sun; all regions on
earth experience 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness
June Solstice - Answers Northern Hemisphere tilts toward sun and has longest day and shortest night;
Southern Hemisphere tilts away from sun and has shortest day and longest night
Circle of Illumination - Answers The great circle that separates daylight from darkness.
Map essentials - Answers title, date, legend, scale, direction, location, data source, projection type
Most important map features - Answers Size and shape
Map Equivalence - Answers Maintains size of areas
Map Conformality - Answers Distorts size to depict proper size (proper angular relationships are
maintained across the map)
Cylindrical Projections - Answers "wrap" globe in a cylinder that touches the globe only at the equator
Environmental Spheres - Answers lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere/cryosphere, biosphere
Latitude - Answers Distance north or south of the equator
Longitude - Answers Distance east or west of the prime meridian
Equator - Answers An imaginary circle around the middle of the earth, halfway between the North Pole
and the South Pole 0 degrees latitude
Prime Meridian - Answers The meridian, designated at 0° longitude, which passes through the Royal
Observatory at Greenwich, England.
Graticle - Answers illustrated lines of latitude and longitude
Solar Altitude Angle - Answers the vertical angle between the sun and the horizon (90-arc distance)--Arc
distance = distance in degrees between the latitude in question and the declination of the sun)
Zenith Angle - Answers the angle formed between a line perpendicular to the earth's surface and the
position of the sun in the sky
Solar Declination - Answers the latitude where the sun is directly overhead at noon
March Equinox - Answers equator faces sun directly; neither pole tilts toward sun; all regions on earth
experience 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness
December Solstice - Answers northern hemisphere tilts away from sun and has shortest day and longest
night; southern hemisphere tilts toward sun and has longest day and shortest night
September Equinox - Answers equator faces sun directly; neither pole tilts toward sun; all regions on
earth experience 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness
June Solstice - Answers Northern Hemisphere tilts toward sun and has longest day and shortest night;
Southern Hemisphere tilts away from sun and has shortest day and longest night
Circle of Illumination - Answers The great circle that separates daylight from darkness.
Map essentials - Answers title, date, legend, scale, direction, location, data source, projection type
Most important map features - Answers Size and shape
Map Equivalence - Answers Maintains size of areas
Map Conformality - Answers Distorts size to depict proper size (proper angular relationships are
maintained across the map)
Cylindrical Projections - Answers "wrap" globe in a cylinder that touches the globe only at the equator
