Part 2 Vocabulary Chart

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Pangaea
Hemisphere
Longitude
Latitude
Prime Meridian
Equator
Parallels
Meridians
Absolute Location
Climate
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of
Capricorn
International Date
Line
Time Zones 24
hours in a day
Maps Part 2
It was a supercontinent from the Mesozoic and Paleozic eras
half of a sphere
Imaginary lines that run north and south and measure west and east of the prime meridian
Imaginary lines that run west and east and measure north and south of the equator
an imaginary vertical line. It will always be at 0° longitude
an imaginary horizontal line drawn around the middle of the earth.
The equator will always be at 0° latitude
another name for latitude lines
another name for longitude lines
the exact spot on Earth where a place can be found (this is when you use
longitude and latitude)
weather in a place over a long period of time
23.5° N (important line of latitude, northern border of the tropics)
23.5° S (southern border of the tropics)
180° longitude; where days begin
= 24 time zones (based on segments of longitude)
Maps Part 2
Pangaea
It was a ________________________ from the Mesozoic and Paleozoic eras
Hemisphere
______________ of a ________________
Latitude
Imaginary lines that __________ west and east and ____________ north and south of the equator
Longitude
Imaginary lines that run ______________ and measure __________________ of the prime meridian
Prime Meridian
an imaginary __________________ line. It will always be at 0°____________________
Equator
an imaginary _________________________________ line drawn around the middle of the
earth.
The equator will always be at 0° ______________________________
Parallels
another name for _________________________lines
Meridians
another name for __________________________ lines
Absolute
Location
the ________________________ on Earth where a place can be found (this is when you use
longitude and latitude)
Climate
_______________________ in a place over a ________________________of time
Tropic of Cancer
__________________ (important line of latitude, northern border of the tropics)
Tropic of
Capricorn
__________________ (southern border of the tropics)
International
Date Line
__________________________; where days begin
Time Zones
= _______ time zones (based on segments of longitude) 24 hours in a day
Arctic Circle
imaginary line of latitude, approximately _____________, marks beginning of
______________region
Antarctic Circle
imaginary line of latitude,____________________ hemisphere, comparable to Arctic Circle
Latitude= YELLOW
Longitude= ORANGE
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