The World We Inhabit

Earth has two movements: translation and rotation.

• True

• False

The movement of the Earth that causes day and night is called:

• rotation

• translation

• succession

There are four cardinal points: North, South, East and West.

• True

• False

The numbers mentioned by meteorologists are called:

• coordinates

• cardinal points

• GPS

The horizontal line that divides Earth into the North and South hemisphere is called:

• Equator

• Meridian

• Greenwich

The position towards North or South of the Equator is known as:

• latitude

• longitude

• parallel

The __________ is the main energy source of the Earth.

• Sun

• water

• air

The _________________ refers to the general, regular characteristics during a period of more than a year, in terms of rain, temperature, winds, etc.

• climate

• weather

• pressure

The interior of the Earth is:

• hot and solid

• hot and not solid

• cold and not solid

The part of Earth were we live is the:

• inner core

• mantle

• crust