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