UNIT 1 SOCIAL SCIENCES 1º ESO

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Parallels and Meridians are

• Imaginary lines used to accurately locate any point on the Iberian Peninsula

• Imaginary lines used to accurately locate any point on the Earth’s surface.

• Real lines used to accurately locate any point on the Earth’s surface.

Meridians and Parallels

• CROSS each other to form an imaginary GRID or a NETWORK

• CROSS each other to form a real GRID or a NETWORK

• CROSS each other to form a map

Parallels run

• EAST to WEST around the Moon

• EAST to WEST from the Sun to the Earth

• EAST to WEST around the Earth

EQUATOR is

• the Prime Meridian

• the most famous meridian

• the most famous parallel

Equator DIVIDES the Earth in two HALVES

• the NORTHERN HEMISPHERE and the EASTERN HEMISPHERE

• the NORTHERN HEMISPHERE and the SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE

• the WESTERN HEMISPHERE and the EASTERN HEMISPHERE

.... is the widest parallel

This picture shows

• meridians

• parallels

• the oceans

Meridians run

• from the North Pole to the South Pole

• from the Pacific Ocean to the South Pole

• from the equator to the North Pole

The Prime Meridian is also called