Locations on Earth Vocabulary

An imaginary line drawn around the middle of Earth equidistant from the poles - the 0 degree line of latitude

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

A planet’s movement around the sun in a path called an orbit

• Compass Rose

• Altitude of Polaris

• Rotation

• Revolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The north star - located directly above the north pole

• Polaris

• Southern Hemisphere

• Northern Hemisphere

• Horizon

The 180 degree line of longitude

• Longitude

• Prime Meridian

• International Dateline

• Latitude

A figure to display the orientation of the cardinal directions (N, S, E,W)

• Horizon

• Rotation

• Compass Rose

• Time Zone

A geographical term for the half of Earth east of the prime meridian

• Tropic of Cancer

• Western Hemisphere

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Eastern Hemisphere

Where earth meets sky

• Polaris

• Horizon

• Latitude

• Longitude

The spinning of an object, such as a planet, moon or star, on an imaginary axis

• Revolution

• Rotation

• Horizon

• Time Zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A line of latitude at 23.5 degrees south

• Tropic of Cancer

• Western Hemisphere

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Eastern Hemisphere

A region of the globe that observes a uniform standard time

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Primer Meridian

• Time Zone