Lesson 1: Hemispheres on a globe

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Lesson 1 Hemispheres on a globe

Define

Equator: an imaginary line which divides the earth into two equal parts (north and south) Greenwich meridian: an imaginary line on a map or globe which stretches from the North Pole to the South Pole and divides the earth into two equal parts (east and west)

Core content

The earth can be described as a sphere, that is why we talk about the globe. The equator is an imaginary line in which divides the earth into two equal parts.

We call it the northern and southern hemispheres. In the northern hemisphere, we get the North Pole and in the southern hemisphere, we get the South Pole.

The Greenwich meridian is a line which stretches from the North Pole to the South Pole and divides the earth into two equal parts. The two hemispheres are called the eastern hemisphere and the western hemisphere.