Latitude and Longitude

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Hemisphere

A word meaning half of a sphere.

Equator

Invisible line at 0 degrees latitude

Prime Meridian

Invisible line at 0 degrees longitude

Western Hemisphere

The hemisphere containing North and South America

Southern Hemisphere

The hemisphere containing South America and Antartica

Eastern Hemisphere

The hemisphere containing most of Asia, Europe and Australia.

latitude

The lines that measure how far from the equator a place is. These lines are flat and run east to west.

Sphere

The shape of the planet earth.

longitude

Distance east or west of the prime meridian, with long lines that run north to south.

parallels

another name for lines of latitude

meridians

another name for lines of longitude


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