Unit 1

Question 1

Great Circle Route

Answer 1

Shortest distance between 2 points on a map or globe

Question 2

23.5 degrees

Answer 2

Tilt of earth’s rotational axis

Question 3

365.25

Answer 3

Earth’s orbital period

Question 4

Arctic Circle

Answer 4

66.5 degrees

Question 5

Equinox

Answer 5

Half way between summer and winter; Sun’s rays over equator

Question 6

Equator

Answer 6

0 degrees longitude

Question 7

Solstice

Answer 7

longest day; suns rays over tropic

Question 8

Greenwhich England

Answer 8

start of timezones; prime meridian runs through it

Question 9

Tropic of cancer

Answer 9

above equator

Question 10

Tropic of Capricorn

Answer 10

below equator

Question 11

Winter solstice

Answer 11

Dec 21

Question 12

Summer solstice

Answer 12

June 21

Question 13

International Date Line

Answer 13

180 degrees

Question 14

North Pole

Answer 14

90 degrees north

Question 15

South Pole

Answer 15

90 degrees South

Question 16

Plateu

Answer 16

elevated plane

Question 17

Archipelago

Answer 17

group of islands

Question 18

Desert

Answer 18

defined by the amount of precipitation

Question 19

Canyon

Answer 19

deep narrow valley

Question 20

Delta

Answer 20

forms at the mouths of river, triangular in shape

Question 21

Inlet

Answer 21

harbor/bay

Question 22

Isthmus

Answer 22

land bridge

Question 23

strait

Answer 23

narrow waterway connecting 2 larger bodies of water

Question 24

valley

Answer 24

lowland between hills/mts

Question 25

Tributary

Answer 25

stream feeding a larger stream or lake

Question 26

Escarpment

Answer 26

steep slope

Question 27

Continental Divide

Answer 27

line that divides water flow between oceans

Question 28

Cape

Answer 28

A point or head of land projecting into a bod of water

Question 29

Fjord

Answer 29

long narrow sea inlet that is bordered by cliffs

Question 30

Oasis

Answer 30

fertile wet spot