Earth Science chapter 2 vocabulary.

Continent

One of the seven major land areas of the earth.

Axis

Imaginary line through the earth, connecting the north and south poles.

North Pole

point farthest north on the earth

Rotation

spinning of the earth.

South Pole

Point farthest south on the earth.

Standard time zone

Area that has the same clock time.

Grid

Set of horizontal and vertical lines on a map.

latitude

Distance north or south of the equator.

Equator

line of latitude halfway between the poles.

parallel

line of latitude.

Degree

measure of the distance around a circle or sphere.

longitude

distance east or west of the prime meridian.

Meridian

line of longitude.

Prime meridian

line of 0 degrees longitude.

Hemisphere

Half of the earth.