Geo Vocabulary Week 2

Front

What is the equator?

Back

A line that goes all the way around the Earth. The line is located at the same distance from the North Pole as from the South Pole.

Front

What is latitude?

Back

The distance of something north or south of the equator, measured in units called “degrees.”

Front

What is longitude?

Back

Longitude is the distance east or west from an imaginary line on the globe that goes from the North Pole to the South Pole.

Front

What is the hemisphere?

Back

A section of the Earth that is equal to one half of the Earth.

Front

What is the southern hemisphere?

Back

The half of the Earth that is south of the equator.

Front

What is the northern hemisphere?

Back

The half of the Earth that is north of the equator.