Social Studies Test 1

What is climate?

• Climate is the daily weather conditions in a specific region or area.
• Climate is the average temperature in a specific region or area.
• Climate is the long-term weather patterns and conditions in a specific region or area.
• Climate is the amount of rainfall in a specific region or area.

What is weather?

• Weather is the study of celestial bodies and their movements.
• Weather is the measurement of air pressure at a particular place and time.
• Weather is the state of the atmosphere at a particular place and time.
• Weather is the condition of the ground at a specific location and time.

Choose all that are Cardinal Directions

• Up, Down, Left, Right
• Front, Back, Left, Right
• Above, Below, Left, Right
• North, South, East, West

Identify the intermediate directions​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)   ​ (d)  

• northwest
• northeast
• southwest
• southeast
• north
• south
• east
• west

What hemispheres do we live in?

What splits the Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres?

• prime meridian
• equator
• Tropic of Capricorn
• Tropic of Cancer

What splits the Earth into the Eastern and Western hemispheres?

• Prime Meridian
• Tropic of Capricorn
• Tropic of Cancer
• Equator

Lines of latitude (including the equator) are _______

Lines of Longitude run in what direction?

• up and down
• diagonally
• side to side

Choose all that are layers of the Earth

• atmosphere

• ocean

• inner core

• crust

• outer core