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47 Cards in this Set
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What degree is the North Pole located
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90 degrees N
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What degree is the South Pole located?
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90 degrees S
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What degree is the Prime Meridian located?
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0 degrees Longitude
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What degree is the International Date Line located?
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180 degree Longitude
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Besides degrees, Latitude and Longitude are also measured in what?
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Minutes and seconds
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1 minute equals
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60 seconds
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60 minutes equals
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1 degree
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3600 seconds equals
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1 degree
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At the equator,1 degree latitude and longitude equals
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70 by 70 minutes
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Westfield, MA is located in what location?
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42 degrees 05 minutes N 72 degrees 45 minutes W
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How many time zones does Earth have?
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24
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How much area does each time zone take up?
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15 degrees (divide 360 days by 24 hours)
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When you move WEST across the International Date Line, do you gain or lose a day
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Lose a day (you are now one day ahead)
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When you move EAST across the International Date Line, do you gain or lose a day
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Gain a day (you are now one day behind)
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How many time zones did the United States have before 1880?
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168
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When is the Vernal Equinox?
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March 21st
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When is the Summer Solstice?
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June 21st
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When is the Autumnal Equinox?
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September 21st
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When is the Winter Solstice?
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December 21st
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If it is 11 am in Miami (80 degrees W), what time is it in Salt Lake City (110 degrees W)?
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9 am. You get this by subtracting 110 degrees W by 80 degrees W equals 30 degrees W. You divide 30 degrees by 15 degrees (the width of each time zone) which equals 2 hours. Therefore, each location has a 2 hour time difference
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What is a Map Scale?
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Ratio of map distance to earth distance
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Sea located between Greece & Turkey?
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Aegean Sea
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Sea located between Egypt & Middle East (Saudi Arabia)?
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Red Sea
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Sea located between 2 Indonesian islands?
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Java Sea
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Sea located between northern China & Korean Peninsula?
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Yellow Sea
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Sea between Siberia & Alaska?
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Bering Sea
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Sea between Romania & Bulgaria, Turkey, Russia, and Ukraine
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Black Sea
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Sea located between Iran, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan
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Caspian Sea
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Sea located between Mexico & Central America, South America, and Caribbean Islands?
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Caribbean Sea
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Estuary that is located in northern Canada?
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Hudson Bay
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Lake located in southeastern Africa?
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Lake Victoria
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Sea located between Sweden, Poland, and Finland?
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Baltic Sea
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Sea located between Saudi Arabia and Iran?
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Persian Gulf
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Inlet between western Turkey and eastern Turkey?
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Marmara Sea
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Located at 0 degrees Latitude and divides Earth into northern and southern hemispheres
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Equator
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The Tropic of Capricorn is located where?
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23.5 degrees S, it marks the border between the Tropic and Southern Temperate Zone
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The Tropic of Cancer is located where?
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23.5 degrees N, and marks the border between the Tropics and Northern Temperate Zone
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This latitude crosses northern North America, Atlantic Ocean, Europe, and Asia
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40 degrees N
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Longitude that crosses each continent and ocean on the Western Hemisphere
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70 degrees W
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Longitude that crosses the Eastern Hemisphere
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70 degrees E
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Located at 0 degrees Latitude, and divides the Earth into Western and Eastern Hemispheres
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Prime Meridian
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Located at 90 degrees N
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North Pole
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Located at 90 degrees S
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South Pole
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Located at 66.5 degrees N
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Arctic Circle
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Located at 66.5 degrees S
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Antarctic Circle
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City located in southeastern England where the Prime Meridian splits in half
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Greenwich, England
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Located at 180 degrees Longitude and borders 2 halves of the Earth that are a day ahead or behind
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International Date Line
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