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2. How long does it take the Earth to rotate?

3. 24 hours

4. What causes the Earth to have day and night, the Earth’s revolution or rotation?

5. The Earth’s Rotation

6. How many time zones does the Earth have?

7. 24

8. How far apart is each time zone?

9. 1 hour

10. What does A.M. and P.M. stand for?

11. They are Latin for “ante-meridian” and “post-meridian”

12. What causes Earth’s seasons?

13. The tilt of the Earth on its axis AND its revolution

14. How long is the Earth’s revolution around the sun?

15. 365 ¼ days

16. The longest day of the year is called_____________.

17. Summer Solstice

18. The shortest day of the year is called the _____________________.

19. Winter Solstice

20. Would we have seasons if we revolved around the sun, but did not have a tilted axis? Why?

21. No, we need the tilt. The tilt and revolution create the seasons because the distance (angle) from the sun changes.

22. What latitudes are the Earth’s tropical climate found at?

23. Low Latitudes

24. What is Wisconsin’s climate zone?

25. Temperate Continentalor
Temperate Continental

26. What latitudes are the polar/frigid climate zones found at?
Low Middle High

27. High Latitudes

28. What three factors influence climate?

29. Latitude,
Distance from Ocean,
Elevation

30. Maximum number of years a President can serve.
What is the difference between climate and weather?

31. Weather is the everyday precipitation and temperature
Weather is the everyday precipitation and temperature. Climate is the average weather over many years.
What is 10 years?

32. What are the upper most branches of the rainforest called?

33. The Canopy

34. What type of land cover would you find in the polar climate?
What type of land cover would you find in the temperate continental climates?
Desert
Tundra
Deciduous Trees

35. Tundra in Polar Climates
Deciduous Trees in Temperate Continental Climates

36. Which climate region changes its vegetation or land cover as you go up in elevation?

37. Vertical Climate

38. Trees that lose their leaves in the fall are called __________.

39. Deciduous

40. What is the major difference between the Temperate Continental and Temperate Mild/Marine climate regions?

41. Continental climates have harsher winters
Continental climates have harsher winters. Temperate Mild/Marine climates have rainy winters.

42. Why is the sun important to the Earth?

43. It provides heat and light.

44. What time zone is Wisconsin in?

45. Central

46. Who invented the idea of time zones?

47. The railroad companies

48. Changes in the Earth’s Surface is caused by_________.
weathering
erosion
volcanic activity
earthquakes
all of the above

49. All of the Above

50. What is the difference between weathering and erosion?

51. Weathering is the wearing away of rock by wind or water.
Erosion is the removal of small pieces of rock by water, ice, or wind.

52. Super Jeopardy
Geographers have shown that the Earth’s continents were once one huge continent called ________________.

53. Pangaea