2/15/23 Flashcards
What is the winter and summer solstice?
Winter - marks shortest day of year
Summer - marks longest day of year
Dates of the winter and summer solstice?
Winter - December 21st
Summer - June 21st
What is the Spring and Fall Equinox?
When both days have equal amount of day and night.
When is the spring and fall equinox?
Spring - March 21st
Fall - September 21st
When is the Perihelion and Aphelion?
Perihelion - January 4th
Aphelion - July 6th
What is latitude?
The distance N-S of the Equator
What is Longitude?
The distance East - West of the Prime Meridian
Latitude for the equator?
0*
Latitude for Prime Meridian?
51.5* N
Tropical boundary coordinates?
23.5* S 23.5* N
Polar Zone Coordinates?
66* & 90*
Coordinates for prime meridian?
51.5* North
Coordinates for the International Date Line?
180* west
What is the difference in degrees between each time zone?
15*
What is GMT and what does it stand for?
GMT is the name for the timezone England follows. GMT stand for Greenwich Mean Time.
What is GMT also referred to as?
Coordinated Universal Time
What happens when you move east of the prime meridian?
You gain an hour.
What happens when you move west of the prime meridian?
You lose an hour
How many time zones are there? And how was this figured out?
24 time zones / 365 ÷ 24 = 15º
How does the solstices depend on which hemisphere your in?
The 2 hemispheres are opposite in solstices.
Which climate zone has the most consistent weather and why?
The tropics because they get more exposure to the sun from the tilt of the earth and don’t receive seasons.
What causes seasons?
Tilt of earth, plants/animals, amount of daylight.
Rotation vs Revolution and which direction do they do so?
Rotation - spinning
Revolution - orbit
Direction - counterclockwise
What is the earth divided into?
Even increments
Why is the earth divided into even increments?
Navigation, organization, distances/locations
