Geography Vocab 2

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Across
  1. 2. Are created by the sun's revolution around the earth.
  2. 4. Typically divided by political boundaries--but not always! 4 of them. Eastern, Central, Pacific, and Mountain
  3. 11. What causes seasons. It takes the earth 365 days to complete this entire revolution around the Sun.
  4. 13. Regions that reflect human feelings and attitudes.
  5. 14. These areas have the most variation in terms of seasons. This is because the amount of solar radiation reaching them changes greatly throughout the year.
  6. 15. Occurs twice a year during the earth's revolution around the sun. Occurs twice each year when the Earth's poles are not pointed towards or away from the Sun. Equal amount of sunlight and darkness during a 24 hour period.
  7. 16. Where the Prime Meridian is located (longitude line). This is where GMT, or Universal Time is measure from in relation to time zones.
  8. 17. The earth's water. 97% is salt water. Desalinization is the process of removing salt from the water. Examples of a natural phenomenon--tsunamis, hurricanes, and typhoons
Down
  1. 1. Occurs once every 24 hours. The earth is at a constant tilt of 23 1/2 degrees.
  2. 3. Biosphere, Hydrosphere, Lithosphere (Geosphere), and Atmosphere.
  3. 5. Line that runs North to South. Runs on the opposite side of the world from the Prime Meridian. Cross going east to west you lose a day, and if you from from west to east to gain a day.
  4. 6. Energy that is produced in the form of rays by the sun. Some of it makes it's way to the earth, and some is reflect back into the atmosphere.
  5. 7. that receives the most direct sunlight. This means this area is the most consistent in terms of seasons and temperature. These are found in the low latitudes near the equator.
  6. 8. that receive only a small amount of the sun's rays because of the tilt and curvature of the earth. It is very cold here.
  7. 9. Earth rotates East to West, and is divided into 24 time zones. This is because their is 24 hours in a day.
  8. 10. This region has one or more common features that make it different from surrounding areas.
  9. 12. Occurs twice a year during the earth's revolution around the sun. When the earth's poles point at the greatest angle toward or away from the sun.