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Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Unit 1 Lesson 2: How is Earth divided?

Book: Our California, History-Social Science for California
Author: William E. White, Ph.D.
U-$0.33-B-0.006065-BE-55
Unit: 1, The Land of California
Lesson: 2, How is Earth divided?
Page: 7-10

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Answer Key
1. North Pole is the northernmost part of our planet.
2. South Pole is the southernmost part of our planet.
3. Earth's axis is the name of the imaginary line that connects the North and South poles.
4. Earth's axis is what Earth spin around once every twenty-four hours.
5. True, Earth's axis spin is what creates night and day.
6. Hemisphere is what we call one half of Earth.
7. Northern Hemisphere is the area north of the equator.
8. Southern Hemisphere is the area south of the equator.
9. Western Hemisphere is the area west of the equator.
10. Eastern Hemisphere is the area east of the equator.
11. Climate is the weather patterns in one place over a long period of time.
12. The weather is hot and tropical at places near the equator.
13. The weather is cold at places near the equator.
14. Tropics is what we call the areas near the equator that receives the most direct sunlight.
15. Tropic of Cancer is the name of the area northernmost point where the sun shines directly overhead.
16. Tropic of Capricorn is the name of the area southernmost point where the sun shines directly overhead.
17. A fact is something that is generally believed to be true.
18. An opinion is a person's belief or judgment.  It cannot be proven true or false.

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