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Light Intensity Revi
Review for Assessment
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The temperature on the earth varies by _________ and is related to ___. | latitude, the sun light's angle |
| The more scattered the angle of light is: | the less intense the thermal energy (heat) |
| The more intense/direct the sunlight; the ___________ the temperature will be. | higher |
| The sun's solar energy hits the Earth most directly at ________. | the Equator |
| Day and Night occur due to _______ | the earth rotating on its axis |
| What is the Earth's axis? | the imaginary line that goes through the center of the Earth |
| _______________ lines run from east to west. They measure distances north and south of the equator. | Latitude |
| Longitude lines run from __________ to ___________, pole to pole. | North to South |
| The prime meridian cuts the world into western and eastern hemispheres. | True |
| The equator cuts the world into northern and southern hemispheres. | True |
| Which hemisphere is the United States in? | Northern Hemisphere |
| What causes the different seasons? | The tilt of the Earth's axis and the orbit/revolution of the Earth around the sun. |
| What is the order of the water cycle? | evaporation, condensation, precipitation |
| This suffix is associated with clouds that will produce precipitation. | nimbo or nimbus |
| This prefix is associated with low-level clouds. | strato |
| This prefix is associated with high-level clouds | cirro |
| Fog is a low lying ______________ cloud. | stratus |
| If it is summer in the northern hemisphere, it will be ______________ in the southern hemisphere. | winter |
| If it is spring in the northern hemisphere, it will be ______________ in the southern hemisphere. | fall |
| If it is summer in the southern hemisphere, it will be ______________ in the northern hemisphere. | winter |
| If it is fall in the northern hemisphere, it will be ______________ in the southern hemisphere. | spring |