Studies Weekly Unit 2 Week 5 Article Questions

How much of the Earth is covered by water?

• about one-quater

• about one-half

• about two-thirds

• about one-third

What are the large areas of land on Earth called?

• landforms

• continents

• countries

• oceans

What are lakes and rivers?

• ponds

• oceans

• continents

• bodies of water

What imaginary lines run east and west?

• fault lines

• latitude lines

• absolute location

• alphanumeric grid

What is another name for latitude lines

• parallels

• meridians

• coordinates

• relative location

What do cartographers use grids on maps to find?

• absolute location

• latitude lines

• relatvie location

• parallels

What does the word "hemisphere" mean?

• tropics

• continents

• half of a sphere

• whole sphere

What line divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

• the Equator

• the Artic Ciercle

• the Tropic of Cancer

• the Antarctic Circle

Which line of latitude is south of the Equator?

• the Arctic Circle

• the Tropic of Capricorn

• the Prime Meridian

• the Tropic of Cancer

The Prime Meridian separates which two hemispheres?

• Western and Southern

• Northern and Southern

• Eastern and Northern

• Eastern and Western