A friend of yours lives 30Âş west of your location. You want to call your friend at 7pm your time. What time is it where your friend is located? (Make sure you put whether it is am or pm.)
What kind of feedback loop would be created if this scenario occurred:? global warming causes more evaporation of water, more water vapor creates more greenhouse gas molecules, and more greenhouse gas molecules cause temperatures on earth to rise
The International Date Line roughly corresponds with——– degrees longitude. If it is Wednesday on the Eastern side of the dateline, it is—— on the western side
Earth bulges at the poles and flattens at the equator. True or false
What is the basis of our time zones?
The Prime Meridian is an arbitrary line on the earth’s surface that was agreed upon by the world’s powers in the late 1800’s. true or false
Even though China stretches many time zones, it only uses one time zone for the entire country. True or false
Earth is farthest from the sun during our winter months true or false
What occurs when the solar wind pushes high energy particles from the magnetosphere into the earth’s upper atmosphere where they excite gases and cause a release of radiation?
The sun emits———– (short/long) wavelength of energy while the earth emits——— (short/long) wavelengths of energy
The earth rotates 20 degrees of longitude every hour true/fasle
Air gets denser as altitude increases. True/false