Pole to Pole (Cold Zones)

What are the names of the horizontal lines that split up the Earth?

• Lines of Longitude

• Lines of Latitude

• Lines of Symmetry

• Horizontal Lines

The line that splits the Earth in the middle along a horizontal line is called the...

Label: Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere

Answer explanation

Northern and Southern are split at the equator and the East and West at the Prime Meridian

What climate belt is Brazil in?

• Temperate Climate

• Polar Climate

• Dry Climate

• Tropical Climate

Answer explanation

Tropical between the two tropics.

Time zones are created every 15 degrees of longitude. How many time zones are there on Earth?

• 36

• 12

• 24

• 360

What is the name of the line of longitude where the time zones begin?

Answer explanation

Greenwich Mean Time

How are seasons caused on Earth?

Answer explanation

Seasons are caused by the Earth's tilt on its axis and its orbit of the sun. Depending on where the Earth is in the orbit and which hemisphere you are in, will determine your season.

What are the red lines and the green lines on Earth.

First red line (Northern Hemisphere) =

Green line (middle) =

Second Red line (Southern Hemisphere) =

Answer explanation

Tropic of Cancer

Equator

Tropic of Capricorn

Which Hemisphere is Australia in?

• North-Eastern

• South-Western

• North-Western

• South-Eastern

What is the climate like in the Arctic and Antarctica?

Answer explanation

The weather is extremely cold. It is in a polar climate. It is freezing cold, windy, icy and covered in snow. As they are so far north and south, they do not get direct sunlight and are therefore cold. They are also generally very dry - with little precipitation.