Presentation is loading. Please wait.

Presentation is loading. Please wait.

The Four Hemispheres.

Similar presentations


Presentation on theme: "The Four Hemispheres."— Presentation transcript:

1 The Four Hemispheres

2 The equator divides the Earth into a Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere.

3 The prime meridian divides the Earth into an Eastern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere.

4 Southern and Eastern/Western
Continents Hemispheres North America Northern and Western South America Southern and Western Africa Northern and Eastern Antarctica Southern and Eastern/Western Australia Southern and Eastern Asia Europe

5 Vocabulary Words

6 cartographer - mapmaker

7 equator – an imaginary line that runs around the center of Earth, halfway between the North and South Poles at 0° latitude.

8 Prime Meridian – an imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole of Earth at 0° longitude

9 Hemispheres – half of the Earth

10 North Pole – the point on Earth located at 90° north latitude, where the lines of longitude meet.

11 South Pole – the point on the Earth located at 90°south latitude, where the lines of longitude meet.

12 Answers

13 1. Northern and Southern Hemispheres
MONDAY 1. Northern and Southern Hemispheres 2. Eastern and Western Hemispheres

14 1. Northern and Western Hemispheres
TUESDAY 1. Northern and Western Hemispheres 2. Southern and Eastern Hemispheres

15 WEDNESDAY 1. North of the equator; east of the prime meridian; Northern and Eastern Hemispheres 2. Northern part; Southern and Western Hemispheres

16 1. Northern Hemisphere; Arctic Ocean
THURSDAY 1. Northern Hemisphere; Arctic Ocean 2. Northern Hemisphere

17 FRIDAY 1. Atlantic, Arctic, Indian, Pacific, and Southern Oceans; Southern Ocean 2. Most of the land of Africa is east of the prime meridian.


Download ppt "The Four Hemispheres."

Similar presentations


Ads by Google