 | J. J. Hooke - Science - 1870 - 106 pages
...They are called the Frigid Zones from Frigidus, the Latia for cold. "Where are the Temperate Zones ? The north Temperate Zone lies between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer, and the south Temperate Zone is between the Antarctic Circle and the Tropic of Capricorn. They are each... | |
 | Asa Hollister Craig - Examinations - 1878 - 296 pages
...The north frigid lies between the pole and Arctic Circle, and is 23^° in width; the north temperate lies between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer, and is 43° in width; the torrid lies between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, and extends 23^°... | |
 | Education - 1879 - 340 pages
...it pass through ? 17. Find a dotted circle 23^° north of the South Pole ; what is it called ? 1 8. The North Temperate Zone lies between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer ; follow it around the globe with your two fingers, one on each circle. 19. Point out a great sea in... | |
 | Asa Hollister Craig - Examinations - 1879 - 354 pages
...The north frigid lies between the pole and Arctic Circle, and is 23^° in width; the north temperate lies between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer, and is 43° in width; the torrid lies between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, and extends 23^2°... | |
 | John Swett - Teaching - 1880 - 358 pages
...straits does it pass ? 7. Find a dotted circle 23^° north of the south pole: what is it called ? 8. The north temperate zone lies between the arctic circle and the tropic of Cancer; follow it around the globe with your two fingers, one on each circle. 9. Point out a great sea in this... | |
 | Asa Hollister Craig - Examinations - 1897 - 538 pages
...sun's rays, and is on the same principle that morn and eve are cooler than midday. the north temperate lies between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer, and is 43° in width; the torrid lies between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, and extends 23i... | |
 | Education - 1915 - 396 pages
...Capricorn on the north and the Antarctic Circle on the south. The sun's rays are never vertical on it. The North Temperate Zone lies between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer. It is cooler than the Torrid Zone because the sun's rays are never vertical on it. In the Temperate... | |
 | Vance Randolph - Geology - 1927 - 152 pages
...Capricorn are struck by the perpendicular rays of the sun at the summer and winter solstices respectively. The north temperate zone lies between the arctic circle and the tropic of Cancer; the south temperate zone lies between the tropic of Capricorn and the antarctic circle. The torrid... | |
 | Philosophy - 2000 - 580 pages
...viruses and the genetic material of the cell. temperate zone Either of two regions of the Earth . The N temperate zone lies between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer, and the s /one lies between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle. A temperate climate is a... | |
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Capricorn, and extends 23^2° north and south of the equator; the south temperate is of the same size as the north, and lies between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle; the south frigid is all of the earth's surface... 