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Name Globes and Hemispheres Name Globes and Hemispheres

Northern Hemisphere Globes and Hemispheres / As you know, is a large, round planet. To see all of Earth, you would have to orbit it in a spacecraft! An easier way to see North Pole Pole Earth is to look at a small model called a globe. NORTH SOUTH map North Pole AMERICA AMERICA reader’sTip globe shows Earth’s four and AFRICA seven . A globe also shows Earth turns, or rotates, on its axis how Earth turns on an imaginary North Pole from west to . A North Pole centre line called an axis. At the ends of That is why the this line are the North and South poles. Axis rises in the EUROPE Pole means “end.” These poles help you find NORTH east and sets in directions on Earth. North is toward the the west. ASIA Pole, and south is toward the . South Pole AFRICA SOUTH North Pole AMERICA AUSTRALIA/OCEANIA nother imaginary line on a globe is called the ANTARCTICA ANTARCTICA Northern . The equator runs around the centre of South Pole South Pole Hemisphere Earth and divides it into two halves called A Here are four views of a globe showing the four hemispheres. hemispheres. The northern half is called the Northern Use the pictures on these pages to answer these questions. Equator Hemisphere, and the southern half is called the Southern Hemisphere. 1. How many hemispheres does Earth have? Southern Hemisphere North Pole 2. What is the hemisphere nearest the South Pole?

South Pole 3. What line divides the Eastern and Western hemispheres?

till another imaginary line divides Earth 4. In which direction is the North Pole from the equator? Western Eastern into the Eastern and Western hemispheres. Hemisphere Hemisphere 5. What line divides the Northern and Southern hemispheres? This line is called the Prime . S 6. What is Earth’s axis? This line runs from the North Pole to the South Pole. 7. Name one in the .

South Pole 8. Name one continent in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Northern Hemisphere Southern Hemisphere Globes and Hemispheres AFRICA EUROPE AUSTRALIA/OCEANIA As you know, Earth is a large, round planet. To see all of Earth, ANTARCTICA you would have to orbit it in a spacecraft! An easier way to see ASIA North Pole South Pole Earth is to look at a small model called a globe. NORTH SOUTH map North Pole AMERICA AMERICA reader’sTip globe shows Earth’s four oceans and AFRICA seven continents. A globe also shows Earth turns, or rotates, on its axis how Earth turns on an imaginary Western Hemisphere Eastern Hemisphere North Pole from west to east. A North Pole centre line called an axis. At the ends of That is why the this line are the North and South poles. Axis sun rises in the EUROPE Pole means “end.” These poles help you find NORTH east and sets in directions on Earth. North is toward the North AMERICA the west. ASIA Pole, and south is toward the South Pole. South Pole AFRICA SOUTH North Pole AMERICA AUSTRALIA/OCEANIA nother imaginary line on a globe is called the ANTARCTICA ANTARCTICA Northern equator. The equator runs around the centre of South Pole South Pole Hemisphere Earth and divides it into two halves called A Here are four views of a globe showing the four hemispheres. hemispheres. The northern half is called the Northern Use the pictures on these pages to answer these questions. Equator Hemisphere, and the southern half is called the Southern Hemisphere. 1. How many hemispheres does Earth have? Southern Hemisphere North Pole 2. What is the hemisphere nearest the South Pole?

South Pole 3. What line divides the Eastern and Western hemispheres? till another imaginary line divides Earth 4. In which direction is the North Pole from the equator? Western Eastern into the Eastern and Western hemispheres. Hemisphere Hemisphere 5. What line divides the Northern and Southern hemispheres? This line is called the Prime Meridian. S Prime Meridian 6. What is Earth’s axis? This line runs from the North Pole to the South Pole. 7. Name one continent in the Northern Hemisphere.

South Pole 8. Name one continent in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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