FUNDAMENTALS Flashcards
MEMORISE DIFFICULT FACTS
1
Q
INCLINATION OF EARTH WRT ORBITAL PLANE
A
66.5 DEGREE
2
Q
INCLINATION OF EARTH WRT ORBITAL AXIS
A
23.5 DEGREE
3
Q
WHAT IS GEODESSY
A
GEOMETRIC SHAPE, ORIENTATION IN SPACE, GRAVITATIONAL PROPERTIES
4
Q
DIVERSE WEATHER PHENOMENAN
A
ROTATION OF EARTH
5
Q
EQUINOX AND SOLSTICE
A
REVOLUTION OF EARTH
6
Q
EVERGREENING OF EARTH
A
ROTATION OF EARTH
7
Q
OCEAN CURRENTS AND WINDS
A
ROTATION OF EARTH
8
Q
SEASONS
A
TILT + REVOLUTION
9
Q
LARGEST AXIAL TILT IN SOLAR SYSTEM
A
URANUS
10
Q
LATITUDE
A
angular distance of a place on earth’s
surface, measured in degrees from the centre of earth
11
Q
LONGITUDES
A
It is the angular distance measured in degrees along the
equator east or west of prime meridian
