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Introduction to Geography and Planet Earth

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 4hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If it was 5:30 A.M in Los Angeles, USA, what time is it in New York City, USA?

a)

6:30 A.M

b)

8:30 A.M

c)

12:30 P.M

d)

9:30 A.M

2.

If it was 7:21 P.M in Seoul, South Korea, what time is it in Beijing, China?

a)

6:21 P.M

b)

8:21 P.M

c)

5:21 P.M

d)

5:51 P.M

3.

What country has the most time zones?

a)

United Kingdom

b)

United States of America

c)

Russia

d)

France

4.

If it is 2:00pm in Colorado (Mountain Time Zone), what time is it in Nebraska (Central Time Zone)?

a)

3:00pm

b)

7:00am

c)

5:00pm

d)

1:00pm

5.

How many groups are the planets broken into?

a)

3

b)

2

c)

1

d)

4

6.

The first planet, closest to the Sun, and the smallest planet. Is extremely hot during the day and freezing cold at night.

a)

Mercury

b)

Jupiter

c)

Venus

d)

Uranus

7.

---------is a Latin word, meaning dust and cloud.

a)

Nebula

b)

Milky way

c)

Galaxy

d)

The big bang

8.

Compared to the Jovian planets in our solar system, the terrestrial planets have

a)

less mass and are less dense

b)

less mass and are more dense

c)

more mass and are less dense

d)

more mass and are more dense

9.

What is the major line of longitude?

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

The Prime Meridian

c)

The Tropic of Capricorn

d)

The Arctic Circle

10.

The Prime Meridian and The Equator are both at ____ degrees.

a)

90 degrees

b)

45 degrees

c)

180 degrees

d)

0 degrees

11.

Lines of LATITUDE are ______ and also called ______.

a)

horizontal and parallels

b)

horizontal and meridians

c)

vertical and parallels

d)

vertical and meridians

12.

What climate zone is between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn (and includes the Equator)?

a)

Polar

b)

Tropical

c)

Temperate

13.

What is another name for the lines of longitude?

a)

Parallels

b)

Hemispheres

c)

Meridians

14.

What is another way to call the east and west of our planet?

a)

Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

b)

East and west hemisphere

c)

Eastern and Western Hemispheres

d)

North and South Poles

15.

Lines of longitude measure distance ___ and ___ of the prime meridian.

a)

north / south

b)

east / west

c)

north / east

d)

south / west

16.

Continents in the Northern Hemisphere (3)

a)

North America

b)

Australia

c)

Europe

d)

Africa

e)

Asia

17.

True or false: the Earth rotates on an imaginary line known as the equator.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

What is the exact location of the North Pole?

a)

90 degrees South longitude

b)

0 degrees latitude

c)

0 degrees longitude

d)

90 degrees North longitude

19.

Which is TRUE about the Prime Meridian?

a)

It separates the earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

b)

It is the invisible line that the earth rotates on.

c)

The prime meridian is what earth's time is based on.

d)

It is a line of latitude.

20.

Is the human body an open, closed, or isolated system?

a)

Open

b)

Closed

c)

Isolated

21.

What type of system is this?

a)

Open

b)

Closed

c)

Isolated

22.

How does the IDL help keep global time in sync?

a)

The IDL adjusts the speed of the Earth's rotation.

b)

The IDL is used to calculate leap seconds.

c)

The IDL synchronizes time by changing time zones.

d)

The IDL helps keep global time in sync by marking the date change boundary.

23.

Water, air, land, mountains are examples of

a)

Cultural Geography

b)

Physics

c)

Anthropology

d)

Physical Geography

24.

Volcanoes are part of....

a)

Physical geography

b)

Human Geography