Grade 8 Geography

The Shortest day of the year?

• December 15

• September 19

• December 22

An imaginary straight line around which an object such as Earth rotates.

• Rotation

• Axis

• Orbit

The earth axis of roration is tilted at an angle of ...........

• 66 1/2°

• 23 1/2°

• 651/2°

• 251/2°

The state of the atmosphere concerning wind, temperature, cloudiness, humidity, air pressure is known as .....................

• Climate

• Precipitation

• Weather

Weather Forecast

• Predicting Weather

• Knowing Weather

• Publishing Weather

MeteorologistA

• A person who studies climate

• A person who studies the weather

• A person who studies environment

The average weather condition of a particular place throughout the is known as ............

• Weather

• Environment

• Climate

A quantity representing the amount of water vapour in the atmosphere is called. ............. .

• Humidity

• Precipitation

• Humidity

The imaginary vertical line is drawn on the earth.

• Equator

• Latitude

• Longitude

The horizontal imaginary line is drawn on the earth.

• Prime Meridian

• Latitude

• Longitude