All Around The World

What are the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn?

• Anything lying South of the equator.

• The only parts of the Earth where the sun shines straight down.

• Anything lying North of the equator.

• The line labelled at 0° longitude

What is latitude?

• Lines that run from the top of the Earth to the bottom- finds out how far east or west a place is

• Imaginary lines that surround the north and south poles

• Anything lying south of the Equator

• Lines that run parallel to the Equator- finds out how far north or south a place is

What is longitude?

• Lines that run from the top of the Earth to the bottom- finds out how far east or west a place is

• Lines that we use to help us know what the weather will be like.

• The Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn

• Imaginary lines that give specific areas on the Earth a time of day that is earlier or later than the neighbouring time zones.

What are time zones?

• Longitude and Latitude

• The Equator

• Imaginary lines that give specific areas on the Earth a time of day that is earlier or later than the neighbouring time zones.

• The Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn

Where is the equator located?

• Halfway between the North and South Pole at 0° latitude

• In the Southern Hemisphere

• In the Arctic Circle

• In the Northern Hemisphere

What is the Northern Hemisphere?

• Anything lying North of the Equator

• Imaginary lines that surround the north and south poles

• Anything lying South of the Equator

• The line labelled at 0° longitude

What is the Prime Meridian?

• It is the imaginary line that splits the world in 2

• Anything lying north of the Equator

• The line labelled at 0° longitude

• Anything lying South of the Equator

The Prime Meridian passes through...

• Brazil

• Canada

• Greenwich

• Italy

Co-ordinates are used to...

• measure distances

• Predict weather

• Locate Places

• find a cake in the supermarket

Lines of Latitude and Longitude are measured in

• mm

• cm

• degrees

• km