Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, Median and Mode
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2. Vocabulary parallel (p. 11) perihelion (p. 17) physical geography (p. 1) plane of the ecliptic (p. 17) plane of the equator (p. 10) polarity (parallelism) of the rotation axis (p. 18) prime meridian (p. 13) September equinox (p. 19) solar altitude (p. 18) South Pole (p. 11) Tropic of Cancer (p. 18) Tropic of Capricorn (p. 19) Universal Time Coordinated (UTC) (p. 23) hydrosphere (p. 5) inclination of Earth’s axis (p. 17) International Date Line (p. 24) international system of measurement (SI) (p. 4) June solstice (p. 18) latitude (p. 11) lithosphere (p. 5) longitude (p. 13) March equinox (p. 21) meridian (p. 13) North Pole (p. 11) Antarctic Circle (p. 18) aphelion (p. 17) Arctic Circle (p. 18) atmosphere (p. 5) biosphere (p. 5) circle of illumination (p. 18) cryosphere (p. 5) cultural geography (p. 1) December solstice (p. 19) equator (p. 10) graticule (p. 11) great circle (p. 10) Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) (p. 23)
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Figure: 01-T02 Title: Conversions: S.I. to English Caption: Conversions: S.I. to English Keywords: International System of Units, measurements, distances, lengths, masses, times, temperatures
Figure: 01-T03 Title: Conversions: English to S.I. Caption: Conversions: English to S.I. Keywords: International System of Units, measurements, distances, lengths, masses, times, temperatures
Figure: 01-T04 Title: Length of Degrees of Latitude and Longitude Caption: Length of Degrees of Latitude and Longitude Keywords: geographic grids, locations, latitudes, parallels, longitudes, meridians
Figure: 01-T05 Title: Speed of Rotation of Earth's Surface at Selected Latitudes Caption: Speed of Rotation of Earth's Surface at Selected Latitudes Keywords: rotations, speeds, Coriolis effect, winds
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