Hemispheres Flashcards
What is a hemisphere
A hemisphere is half of a sphere
What does the equator do?
It divides the earth into the Northern and Southern Hemisphere
What is the Greenwich Meridian?
It divides the earth into the Western and Eastern Hemisphere?
Where is the Greenwhich Meridian?
At the 180 degree Longitude line
What are co-ordinates?
They give the reference points to latitude and longitude place on a map
What is a scale?
It is the distances on a map compared to that on the ground
What is a line scale?
A line showing the distances on a map compare to that on the ground
What is a word scale
A map scale explained in words
What is an atlas
A book of maps
What is a physical map?
It shows natural things like rivers and mountains
What is a political map?
It shows countries and towns