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Globes

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A globe is the most accurate map of the Earth.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Hemisphere can be translated to...

a)

halves

b)

part of a whole

c)

a ball cut into two

d)

half a ball

3.

How many hemispheres are on the globe?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

3

d)

6

4.

What separates the Northern and Southern hemispheres?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Line 180

c)

Equator

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

5.

What separates the Eastern and Western hemispheres?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Line 180

c)

Equator

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

6.

Which continents are entirely in the Northern

Hemisphere?

a)

Europe

b)

Asia

c)

North America

d)

Africa

7.

Australia is in which hemisphere(s)?

a)

Northern

b)

Southern

c)

Eastern

d)

Western

8.

The Arctic Ocean is in which hemisphere(s)?

a)

Northern

b)

Southern

c)

Eastern

d)

Western

9.

What is half of a sphere called?

a)

Halfsphere

b)

Semisphere

c)

Hemisphere

d)

Half circle

10.

Which picture represents a globe?

a)
b)
c)
d)
11.

A model of the Earth that is round like a ball

a)

sphere

b)

globe

c)

map

d)

orb

12.

The meridian passing through Greenwich is known as

a)

0o Meridian

b)

latitude

c)

timeline

13.

What is the red line on the globe?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Northern Hemisphere

c)

Equator

d)

Southern Hemisphere

14.

What is the top pink part of this globe called?

a)

Northern Hemisphere

b)

Southern Hemisphere

c)

Eastern Hemisphere

d)

Western Hemisphere

15.

What are these lines on a globe called?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Longitude

c)

Latitude

d)

Equator

16.

What is the bottom blue section of the globe?

a)

Northern Hemisphere

b)

Southern Hemisphere

c)

Eastern Hemisphere

d)

Western Hemisphere

17.

What is zero degrees latitude?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

18.

What is zero degrees longitude?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

19.

What lines run north and south?

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

20.

What lines run east and west?

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

21.

What are the points called that are on each end of the prime meridian?

a)

North Pole and South Pole

b)

Western Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere

c)

North Pole and Western Hemisphere

d)

South Pole and Southern Hemisphere

22.

What is the name of the imaginary line on which the Earth rotates?

a)

equator

b)

North and South Pole

c)

axis

d)

Western and Southern Hemispheres

23.

the southern most point on the Earth

a)

South Pole

b)

North Pole

c)

tropics

d)

Tropic of Cancer

24.
What is the reason why latitude lines NEVER intersect? 
a)
They converge at the poles.
b)
They are cool.
c)
They are vertical lines. 
d)
They are parallel.