Q1 Review

Relative location is?

• Where something is exactly on a map with coordinates

• A location that is near your relatives

• A location that can be found in relation to another object or location.

• Where latitude and longitude meet.

Which one of these describe the equator?

• An imaginary line going north to south dividing the earth in halves by East and West.

• The northern most part of the map.

• An imaginary line that goes east to west dividing the earth in halves by North and South.

• An exact location.

Which one of these describes the Prime Meridian?

• An imaginary line going from North to South, that divides the earth in halves of Eastern and Western hemispheres.

• An imaginary line where the north and south poles meet.

• A spot on the globe where the latitude is almost zero.

• An undiscovered part on the earth.

What can be described as the most northerly circle of latitude on Earth??

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Turks and Caicos

• The Berrmuda triangle

• Tropic of Cancer

What is the SOUTHERN most line of latitude where the sun can be seen directly overhead?

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropical Island

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Tropical Storm

What affects the seasons and temperature on the earth?

• The rotation of the earth

• The tilt of the earth

• The tropic of capricorn

• Tectonic shifts

Do places along the equator have big differences in temperature, or are they steady temperatures?

• Big differences

• Steady temperatures

A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving toward each other is....

• Divergence

• Convergence

• Opposition

• Compliance

A tectonic boundary where two plates are moving away each other is ...

• Convergence

• Divergence

• Opposition

• Climate

A transform fault is a fault along a plate boundary where the motion is predominantly horizontal...

• True

• False