WorksheetsIntroduction to Geography and Planet Earth
Total questions: 24
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If it was 5:30 A.M in Los Angeles, USA, what time is it in New York City, USA?
6:30 A.M
8:30 A.M
12:30 P.M
9:30 A.M
If it was 7:21 P.M in Seoul, South Korea, what time is it in Beijing, China?
6:21 P.M
8:21 P.M
5:21 P.M
5:51 P.M
What country has the most time zones?
United Kingdom
United States of America
Russia
France
If it is 2:00pm in Colorado (Mountain Time Zone), what time is it in Nebraska (Central Time Zone)?
3:00pm
7:00am
5:00pm
1:00pm
How many groups are the planets broken into?
3
2
1
4
The first planet, closest to the Sun, and the smallest planet. Is extremely hot during the day and freezing cold at night.
Mercury
Jupiter
Venus
Uranus
---------is a Latin word, meaning dust and cloud.
Nebula
Milky way
Galaxy
The big bang
Compared to the Jovian planets in our solar system, the terrestrial planets have
less mass and are less dense
less mass and are more dense
more mass and are less dense
more mass and are more dense
What is the major line of longitude?
Tropic of Cancer
The Prime Meridian
The Tropic of Capricorn
The Arctic Circle
The Prime Meridian and The Equator are both at ____ degrees.
90 degrees
45 degrees
180 degrees
0 degrees
Lines of LATITUDE are ______ and also called ______.
horizontal and parallels
horizontal and meridians
vertical and parallels
vertical and meridians
What climate zone is between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn (and includes the Equator)?
Polar
Tropical
Temperate
What is another name for the lines of longitude?
Parallels
Hemispheres
Meridians
What is another way to call the east and west of our planet?
Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
East and west hemisphere
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
North and South Poles
Lines of longitude measure distance ___ and ___ of the prime meridian.
north / south
east / west
north / east
south / west
Continents in the Northern Hemisphere (3)
North America
Australia
Europe
Africa
Asia
True or false: the Earth rotates on an imaginary line known as the equator.
True
False
What is the exact location of the North Pole?
90 degrees South longitude
0 degrees latitude
0 degrees longitude
90 degrees North longitude
Which is TRUE about the Prime Meridian?
It separates the earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
It is the invisible line that the earth rotates on.
The prime meridian is what earth's time is based on.
It is a line of latitude.
Is the human body an open, closed, or isolated system?
Open
Closed
Isolated
What type of system is this?
Open
Closed
Isolated
How does the IDL help keep global time in sync?
The IDL adjusts the speed of the Earth's rotation.
The IDL is used to calculate leap seconds.
The IDL synchronizes time by changing time zones.
The IDL helps keep global time in sync by marking the date change boundary.
Water, air, land, mountains are examples of
Cultural Geography
Physics
Anthropology
Physical Geography
Volcanoes are part of....
Physical geography
Human Geography
