chap 3

Earth's axis is...

• Parallel to the sun
• Perpendicular to the sun
• Tilted

• In line with the moon

What part of the Earth experiences daylight and warmth?

• The part facing away from the Sun
• The part facing the Moon
• The part facing the Sun
• The part facing the North Star

When the Northern hemisphere is titled towards the sun, what do people experience?

• Winter
• Autumn
• Spring
• Summer

When the Southern hemisphere is titled away from the sun, what do people experience?

• Summer
• Winter
• Spring
• Autumn

What traps the sun's radiation to warm land, water, and air and helps things grow?

• Atmosphere

• Ozone layer
• Solar panels
• Photosynthesis

The earth must radiate _____ back to the atmosphere

• heat

• half the amount of energy
• double the amount of energy
• no energy

How many latitude zones does the Earth have?

• 2
• 3
• 5
• 7

Earth's three latitude zones experience different degrees of what?

• Population density
• Sunlight

• Economic development
• Political stability

What makes higher elevations not able to hold heat?

• The air is thinner
• The air is thicker
• The sun is closer
• There is less gravity

It is colder in the mountains compared to the...

• desert
• ocean
• city
• lowlands