1 | relative location | | _____ | extra fourths of a day are combined every four years as February 29th |
2 | orbit | | _____ | Earth takes 365.25 days to make one complete circuit around sun |
3 | solar system | | _____ | study of the Earth and its people |
4 | absolute location | | _____ | group of satellites that gives out radio signals that record exact location |
5 | equinox | | _____ | eight planets, thousands of smaller bodies, and the sun make this |
6 | Tropics | | _____ | period of 100 years |
7 | environment | | _____ | day that falls midway between two solstices. Day and night hours equal |
8 | winter solstice | | _____ | exact spot on Earth where a geographic feature is found |
9 | Geographic Information System | | _____ | an organisms natural surroundings |
10 | geography | | _____ | day that has most hours of sunlight |
11 | axis | | _____ | planets that follows its own path around the sun |
12 | rotate | | _____ | a feature can be found compared to the other features around it |
13 | summer solstice | | _____ | imaginary line that passes through center of Earth between North and South Pole |
14 | century | | _____ | planets that spin on their axes as they orbit the sun |
15 | revolution | | _____ | period of 1,000 years |
16 | leap year | | _____ | a day with the fewest hours of sunlight |
17 | Global Positioning System | | _____ | area between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn |
18 | millenium | | _____ | period of 10 years |
19 | atmosphere | | _____ | layer of oxygen and gases that surround the Earth |
20 | decade | | _____ | computer hardware and software that gathers, stores, organizes information about geography |