Chapter 1 Section 2

The tropics region has:

• Direct sunlight and is hot!

• Indirect sunlight and is cold!

The high latitudes region has:

• Direct sunlight and is hot.

• Indirect sunlight and is cold.

Which planet is NOT part of the inner planets?

• Earth

• Mars

• Neptune

• Venus

The sun, the eight major planets and thousands of smaller bodies form our?

• Galaxy

• Confederacy

• Solar System

• Union

The path around the sun is called:

• A biscuit

• An orbit

• A rotation

• An axis

A revolution is:

• A complete rotation around the axis.

• A complete circuit around the sun.

This is an imaginary line that passes through the center of the Earth and runs from the North Pole to the South Pole

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Tropic of Cancer

• Axis

• DMZ

This is a layer of Oxygen and gasses that surround the Earth.

• Mantel

• Core

• Atmosphere

• Outer Coat

June 21st is called the:

• Winter Solstice

• Summer Solstice

• Fall Equinox

• Spring Equinox

September 23rd is the:

• Summer Solstice

• Winter Solstice

• Fall Equinox

• Spring Equinox