Chapter 1: Thinking Like A Geographer - Test Review

There is a layer of gas that surrounds the Earth called the ___________.

• atmosphere

• gravitational pull

• hemisphere

• crust

What is at the center of our solar system?

• Moon

• Sun

• Earth

• Mercury

________ is made up of the Earth, eight other planets, and thousands of smaller bodies that all revolve around the sun.

• Earth's orbit

• The Milkyway Galaxy

• The Solar System

• The atmosphere

A _________ is someone who makes maps.

• cardiologist

• geologist

• carpenter

• cartographer

This is a year that has an "extra day", occurring every 4 years.

• Tropical Year

• Harvest Year

• Leap Year

• New Year

This is the day in which there are the fewest hours of sunlight in the northern hemisphere.

• Autumnal Equinox

• Vernal Equinox

• Winter Solstice

• Summer Solstice

The path that a body in the solar system travels around the sun is known as its _________.

• equator

• axis

• revolution

• orbit

This is the day in which there are the most hours of sunlight and the fewest hours of darkness in the northern hemisphere.

• Autumnal Equinox

• Summer Solstice

• Vernal Equinox

• Winter Solstice

Individual features of land are known as _____.

• waterways

• landforms

• human characteristics

• urban settings

This is an imaginary line that runs through the earth's center (core) between the North and South poles.

• prime meridian

• equator

• axis

• orbit