Science reviewer Flashcards
LOCATING PLACES ON EARTH
__________ is divided into seven continents
Lithosphere
LOCATING PLACES ON EARTH
People used observations of _________________ such
as constellations, the sun, and stars to locate places and
determine directions
celestial objects
LOCATING PLACES ON EARTH
The _______ were the first to establish a system of navigation
Greeks
LOCATING PLACES ON EARTH
they believed _______ was the center of the world
Greece
LOCATING PLACES ON EARTH
The Earth’s surface is divided into ______________________ hemispheres by an
an imaginary horizontal line called the equator
northern and southern
LOCATING PLACES ON EARTH
The Earth’s surface is divided into northern and southern hemispheres by an
an imaginary horizontal line called the _______
equator
LOCATING PLACES ON EARTH
Into ______________________
hemispheres by an imaginary vertical line called the prime meridian
western and eastern
LOCATING PLACES ON EARTH
Into western and eastern
hemispheres by an imaginary vertical line called the _________________
Prime meridian
LOCATING PLACES ON EARTH
These imaginary lines are known as the _______ and _________
Longitude, latitude
LOCATING PLACES ON EARTH
The equator and prime meridians are referred to as ___________________
Great Circles
LOCATING PLACES ON EARTH
_____________ is the measurement of a
place’s north-south location on
Earth’s surface
Latitude
LOCATING PLACES ON EARTH
It is marked by imaginary lines called _________________which are drawn parallel to the equator
parallels of latitude
LOCATING PLACES ON EARTH
The equator is designated as _° latitude
0
LOCATING PLACES ON EARTH
The west or east location of any place on earth is called ___________
Longitude
LOCATING PLACES ON EARTH
Longitudes are marked by imaginary lines called __________________________ is drawn parallel to the prime meridian
Meridians of longitude
