Exam 15: Place and Time

The 90°W longitude meridian is the center of the ______________ Standard Time zone in the United States.

The parallel that is a great circle is the ______________.

The most southern latitude from which an observer on Earth can see the North Star (Polaris)is

The slow,25,800-year rotation of Earth's axis is called ______________.

The longest day (daylight)of the year for the Northern Hemisphere occurs at the time of the

The elapsed time between two successive crossings of the same meridian by the Sun is known as the ______________ solar day.

When one travels west while passing over a time zone boundary (ignoring daylight savings time issues),

The equator has approximately ______________ hours of daylight every day of the year.

The number of daylight hours before 12 noon is ______________ the number of daylight hours past 12 noon.

The elapsed time between two successive crossings of the same meridian by a star other than the Sun is known as the ______________ day.

During one year,what is the apparent change in the noonday Sun's overhead latitude?

Pope Gregory XIII decreed that 10 days would be skipped in 1582 because

The Gregorian calendar assumed that there were ______________ days in a year.

When one travels east while passing over a time zone boundary (ignoring daylight savings time issues),

For a period after June 21 for locations above 23° $1 / 2$ N,sunrise in the conterminous United States occurs ______________ each day.

The maximum value of longitude is ______________.

Our current calendar is the______________ calendar.

When the ______________ is crossed traveling westward,the date is advanced to the next day.

A time zone is theoretically ______________° wide.

If Earth's axis were tilted at 40°,the seasons of the year would