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(1) What is the longitude value of the Prime Meridian?

  • A. 0°
  • B. 45°
  • C. 90°
  • D. 180°
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(a) 0°

(2) Which line of longitude divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres?

  • A. 0° longitude
  • B. 90° longitude
  • C. 180° meridian
  • D. Tropic of Capricorn
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(c) 180° meridian

(3) How many degrees of longitude does the Earth rotate in one hour?

  • A. 11°
  • B. 15°
  • C. 17°
  • D. 19°
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(b) 15°

(4) What do the Tonga Islands and Mauritius Islands have in common geographically?

  • A. They are in the same ocean
  • B. They are on the same latitude
  • C. They have the same climate year-round
  • D. They are the same distance from the Prime Meridian
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(b) They are on the same latitude

(5) What are the two types of motions of the Earth?

  • A. Rotation and Revolution
  • B. Orbiting and Spinning
  • C. Illumination and Rotation
  • D. Tilting and Spinning
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(a) Rotation and Revolution

(6) What is rotation?

  • A. Movement of the Earth around the Sun
  • B. Tilting of the Earth’s axis
  • C. Movement of the Moon around the Earth
  • D. Movement of the Earth on its axis
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(d) Movement of the Earth on its axis

(7) What is revolution?

  • A. Movement of the Earth on its axis
  • B. Rotation of the Sun
  • C. Change of seasons on Earth
  • D. Movement of the Earth around the Sun in a fixed path or orbit
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(d) Movement of the Earth around the Sun in a fixed path or orbit

(8) What angle does the Earth’s axis make with its orbital plane?

  • A. 23½°
  • B. 66½°
  • C. 90°½°
  • D. 180½°
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(b) 66½°

(9) What is the plane formed by the Earth’s orbit called?

  • A. Axis plane
  • B. Orbital plane
  • C. Equatorial plane
  • D. Illumination plane
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(b) Orbital plane

(10) What is the circle of illumination?

  • A. The path of the Sun across the sky
  • B. The orbit of the Earth around the Sun
  • C. The circle that divides day from night on the globe
  • D. The line that divides the Northern and Southern Hemispheres
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(c) The circle that divides day from night on the globe
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