HMPE11 QUIZ1 BASIC CONCEPTS OF WORLD GEOGRAPHY

This is the king of all imaginary lines at zero degrees latitude.

This is the world’s largest ocean.

• ATLANTIC OCEAN

• PACIFIC OCEAN

• SOUTHERN OCEAN

• ARCTIC OCEAN

This is the divided part of the earth located north of the equator.

• SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE

• EASTERN HEMISPHERE

• NORTHERN HEMISPHERE

• WESTERN HEMISPHERE

This is the line that denotes the start of a new day

• PRIME MERIDIAN

• EQUATOR

• TROPIC OF CANCER

• INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE

This is the ocean is surrounding Antarctica.

• ATLANTIC OCEAN

• SOUTHERN OCEAN

• PACIFIC OCEAN

• ARCTIC OCEAN

This is what you call long-term pattern of weather in a particular area.

• SEASON

• WEATHER

• CLIMATE

• TEMPERATURE

This is the degree longitude that the Prime Meridian or Greenwich Meridian can be found.

• 180 degrees

• zero degrees

• 23° 26′ 21″ N

• 66° 33′ 39″ S

The sun is directly over head the Tropic of Cancer on approximately during this day of the year.

• SPRING

• WINTER SOLSTICE

• KOPPEN CLIMATE

• SUMMER SOLSTICE

This is also called the Southern Frigid zone of the Earth

• ARCTIC CIRCLE

• ANTARCTIC CIRCLE

• TROPIC OF CAPRICORN

• TROPIC OF CANCER

This is the most familiar system that is used to classify climate.

• KOPPEN CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

• PRIME CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

• NASA CLIMATE CLASSIFICATIO N SYSTEM

• GREENWICH CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM