Chapter 1

Question 1

all water on earth in all of its forms (solid, liquid, gas)

Answer 1

hydrosphere

Question 2

all parts of earth where living organisms exist

Answer 2

biosphere

Question 3

solid, inorganic part of earth

Answer 3

lithosphere

Question 4

gaseous envelope of air that surrounds earth

Answer 4

atmosphere

Question 5

what is the shape of earth?

Answer 5

oblate spheroid

Question 6

size of earth?

Answer 6

approximately 7,900

Question 7

highest point of elevation?

Answer 7

29,035

Question 8

lowest point of elevation?

Answer 8

-36,198

Question 9

the difference in elevation between highest and lowest points = 65,233

Answer 9

maximum relief

Question 10

a set of lines intersecting at right angles, permitting any point on Earth’s surface to be described by the intersection

Answer 10

the geographic grid

Question 11

earths grid system is referred to as a ______ with horizontal lines of latitude and vertical lines of longitude

Answer 11

graticule

Question 12

another name for latitude

Answer 12

parallel

Question 13

distance measured north and south of the equator

Answer 13

latitude

Question 14

a line connecting all points of equal latitude

Answer 14

parallel

Question 15

23.5 degrees N latitude

Answer 15

tropic of cancer

Question 16

23.5 degrees S latitude

Answer 16

tropic of capricorn

Question 17

distance measured east and west of the prime meridian

Answer 17

longitude

Question 18

Prime Meridian location?

Answer 18

0 degrees E/W

Question 19

international date line location?

Answer 19

180 degrees E/W

Question 20

how many prime meridians were there in use in the 1880s?

Answer 20

at least 13

Question 21

where does the prime meridian pass through?

Answer 21

greenwich, england

Question 22

another term for longitude?

Answer 22

meridians

Question 23

lines connecting all points of equal longitude.

Answer 23

meridians

Question 24

refers to the spinning of earth on its axis; one rotation takes 24 hours

Answer 24

rotation

Question 25

causes deflection in flow path of air and water currents to the right in northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere

Answer 25

coriolis effect

Question 26

refers to the orbit of earth around the sun; this celestial motion takes 365.25 days to complete one cycle

Answer 26

revolution

Question 27

the 23.5 degree tilt of earth on its axis

Answer 27

inclination

Question 28

refers to the fact that the axis of the earth remains parrell

Answer 28

parallelism

Question 29

represents the division between night and day across the earth

Answer 29

circle of illumination

Question 30

what two months are solstices?

Answer 30

june 21 and december 20

Question 31

which two months are equinoxes?

Answer 31

march 20 and september 22

Question 32

noon sun rays are vertical over the tropic of cancer (23.5 degrees N)

Answer 32

june solstice

Question 33

noon sun rays are vertical over the equator (0 degrees N/S)

Answer 33

equinoxes

Question 34

noon sun rays are vertical over the tropic of capricorn (23.5 degrees)

Answer 34

december solstice

Question 35

how many time zones are there?

Answer 35

24

Question 36

a practice by which clocks are set forward by an hour so as to extend daylight into the usual evening hours

Answer 36

daylight saving time