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Chapter Test

This Chapter Test is a comprehensive set of questions that uses multiple ways to assess your comprehension of the chapter material.

This activity contains 15 questions.

Question 1.
The highest amount of total annual insolation is received
 
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Question 2.
The 24 time zones are centered on meridians spaced
 
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Question 3.
Which latitude experiences perpendicular rays of the Sun twice during the year?
 
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Question 4.
The Earth is closest to the Sun on
 
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Question 5.
The Earth's sphere of living things is the

 
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Question 6.
Which of the following are true about lines of latitude?
 
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Question 7.
The length of one degree of longitude is nearly the same from the equator to the poles.
   
 
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Question 8.
The Earth's axis of rotation is inclined _______ from being perdendicular to its orbital plane.
 
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Question 9.
The arc of a great circle is the shortest distance between two points.
   
 
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Question 10.
The circle of illumination always bisects (cuts in half) the equator.
   
 
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Question 11.
If the Earth's axis of rotation were perpendicular to the plane of its orbit, every place on Earth would experience equal day length.
   
 
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Question 12.
Perhelion occurs on ____ while aphelion occurs on _____.
 
July 4; January 3
January 3; July 4
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Question 13.
Match the following latitudes to the conditions below.
A matching question presents 4 answer choices and 4 items. The answer choices are lettered A through D. The items are numbered 13.1 through 13.4. Screen readers will read the answer choices first. Then each item will be presented along with a select menu for choosing an answer choice. Using the pull-down menus, match each item in the left column to the corresponding item in the right column.
A tropic of Cancer
B Equal day length throughout the year
C Arctic Circle
D highest Sun angle at noon on December 22
 
 
 
 
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Question 14.
Match the latitude to the following conditions.
The letters A through C appear on an image associated with this question.

This question presents 3 items numbered 14.1 through 14.3. Each item is presented with a pulldown menu containing the letters A through C. For each item below, use the pull-down menu to select the letter that labels the correct part of the image.
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Question 15.

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