Mid terms Flashcards
What are the 4 cardinal directions
North, South,East, West
What are the intermediate Directions
Northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest
What are latitude lines
Line that go East to west
what are longitude Lines
Lines that go North to south
Where is the equater
0 degrees latitude
where is the prime meridian
0 degrees longitude
where is the international dateline
180 degrees longitude
what are the 4 U.S time Zones
Eastern, central, mountain, and pacific
What is standard time
24 time zones
What/ when is daylight savings
3rd sunday if march/ Spring forward in spring
What/ When is fallback
1st sunday in November/fallback in fall
What is a strait
a narrow passage of water connecting twoseasor two other large areas of water.
what is a tributary
a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake.
where is the St. Lawrence river
Connects all 5 great lakes
where is the rio grande river
out lines the border between texas and mexico
what is the widest river in the world
the Amazon river
what is the longest river in the world
the Nile river
what is an Isthmus
a narrow strip of land that connects two larger landmasses and separates two bodies of water.
what is an Archipelago
A group of Islands
what is a Peninsula
a piece of land almost surrounded by water orprojectingout into a body of water.
what percent of earth is water
Hydrosphere/ 75%
What percent of the earth is land
Lithosphere/ 29%
what causes a tsunami
movement of plate tectonics and earthquakes
what are the results of plate tectonics
Mountains, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, Islands, Sea floor spreading
