Latitude, Longitude and Hemispheres

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Flashcards about lines of latitude and longitude and hemispheres.

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Lines of __ measure how far from the equator a place is.

latitude

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Lines of __ run North Pole to South Pole.

longitude

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The invisible line at zero degrees longitude is the __.

prime meridian

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The invisible line at zero __ is the equator.

latitude

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Lines of latitude are also called __.

parallels

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Lines of longitude are also called __.

prime meridians

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North and South America are found in the __ Hemisphere.

Western

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Asia, Australia, and South America are found in the __ Hemisphere.

Eastern

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South America and Antarctica are found in the __ Hemisphere.

Southern

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A __ is half a sphere.

hemisphere