1. GRADE 8: SENIOR
PHASE GEOGRAPHY
the globe
This presentation is repurposed from mmrb, dmallett, DavidSP1996, TurKana
Israfilli, mrcoyleteach

2. EARTH
Basic vocabulary

3. Equator

4. hemisphere

5. Northern
hemisphere

6. Southern
hemisphere

7. meridian

8. Polar circle

9. Tropic

10. Tropic of
Cancer

11. Tropic of
Capricorn

12. TIME
ZONES

13. Fixed,
arbitrary boundary on the
earth in the Pacific Ocean where the
calendar date advances
THE INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE

14. Time zones

15. RULES FOR CROSSING THE IDL
Travelling
East: results in one day or 24
hours subtracted. The day is
“repeated” to the west of the line.
Travelling West: results in one day or
24 hours added to the eastern side.


16. SUBTRACT HOURS
TIME ZONES ON EARTH SUBTRACT HOURS
ADD HOURS
Greenwich Meridian
International Date Line
ADD HOURS
15° 15° 15° 15° 15° 15° 15° 15° 15° 15° 15° 15° 15° 15° 15° 15° 15° 15° 15° 15° 15° 15° 15° 15°
NOON
Midnight
11am
1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am11am
9pm 10pm
1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm

17. DAY &
NIGHT

18. rotation axis

19. As the Earth moves around
the Sun, this axis stays
always pointing in the same
direction.

20. day and night

21. LOOKING DOWN FROM THE NORTH
POLE:

22. AS THE EARTH SPINS, PART
OF THE EARTH IS FACING
TOWARD THE SUN, AND PART
IS FACING AWAY FROM THE
SUN.

23. THE PART OF THE EARTH FACING THE
SUN HAS DAYTIME

24. translation
movement

25. equinoxes

26. solstices

27. http://ithacasciencezone.com/earthzone/lessons/07meteor/daylight.jpg

29. seasons

30. IN THE SPRING AND FALL
EQUINOX
A day lasts 12
hours and a night
lasts 12 hours at all
latitudes.
Sunlight strikes the
earth most directly
at the equator.
http://k12.ocs.ou.edu/teachers/reference/eq
uinox.gif

31. IN THE SUMMER AND WINTER
http://k12.ocs.ou.edu/teachers/refe
rence/solstice.gif
SOLSTICE
During the winter the Northern
Hemisphere day lasts fewer
than 12 hours and the
Southern Hemisphere day lasts
more than 12 hours.
During the winter solstice, the
North Pole has a 24-hour night
and the South Pole has a 24hour day.
Sunlight strikes the earth most
directly at the Tropic of
Capricorn.

32. IN THE SUMMER AND WINTER
SOLSTICE
During the summer solstice the
Northern Hemisphere day lasts
more than 12 hours and the
Southern Hemisphere day lasts
fewer than 12 hours.
During the summer, the North
Pole has a 24-hour day and the
South Pole has a 24-hour night.
http://k12.ocs.ou.edu/teachers/refer
ence/solstice.gif
Sunlight strikes the earth most
directly at the Tropic of Cancer.

34. As
As the Earth orbits the sun, the
seasons change. This diagram shows
the seasons as they are in the

35. The tilt of the Earth's axis
and its path around the sun

36. http://www.nmm.ac.uk/uploads/gif/seasons-full.gif

37. 1. Mmrb
http://www.slideshare.net/mmrb/the-earth-basic-vocabulary?qid=46c8ee41-69a0-4a95-a12c810dba5f71c4&v=default&b=&from_search=2
2. dmallett
http://www.slideshare.net/dmallett/revision-28221002?qid=46c8ee41-69a0-4a95-a12c810dba5f71c4&v=default&b=&from_search=3
3. DavidSP1996
http://www.slideshare.net/DavidSP1996/daynight?qid=46c8ee41-69a0-4a95-a12c810dba5f71c4&v=default&b=&from_search=10
4. TurKana Israfilli
http://www.slideshare.net/crazy92/seasons-23505851?qid=46c8ee41-69a0-4a95-a12c810dba5f71c4&v=default&b=&from_search=5
5. Mrcoyleteach
http://www.slideshare.net/Mmoledi/savedfiles?s_title=time-zones-10659771&user_login=mrcoyleteach
6. Webhostingguy
http://www.slideshare.net/Mmoledi/savedfiles?s_title=seasons-3624288&user_login=webhostingguy