Earth's Climate

Arctic Circle

• 90 degrees north

• 90 degrees south

• 66.5 degrees north

• 66.5 degrees south

• 23.5 degrees north

Tropic of Cancer

• 66.5 degrees north

• 66.5 degrees south

• 23.5 degrees north

• 23.5 degrees south

• 0 degrees latitude

Tropic of Capricorn

• 66.5 degrees north

• 66.5 degrees south

• 23.5 degrees north

• 23.5 degrees south

• 0 degrees latitude

Equator

• 66.5 degrees north

• 66.5 degrees south

• 23.5 degrees north

• 23.5 degrees south

• 0 degrees latitude

North Pole

• 90 degrees north

• 90 degrees south

• 66.5 degrees north

• 66.5 degrees south

• 23.5 degrees north

South Pole

• 90 degrees north

• 90 degrees south

• 66.5 degrees north

• 66.5 degrees south

• 23.5 degrees north

When the sun crosses the equator and day and night are of equal length it is a(n)...

• Equinox

• Solstice

When the sun stops on a tropic line and causes the longest or shortest day of the year it is a(n)...

• Equinox

• Solstice

If it is fall in the northern hemisphere, it is __________ in the southern hemisphere.

• Spring

• Fall

• Summer

• Winter

If it is summer in the southern hemisphere, it is __________ in the northern hemisphere.

• Spring

• Fall

• Summer

• Winter