Today’s Schedule – 8/27
• CNN Student News• Reading Check Quiz• 1.2 PPT: Geographer’s Tools Part 1 of 3• WS: Spy Tracking• HW: – Continue working on 1.2 Vocabulary
Organizing the Globe
• A globe is a scale model of the Earth• Useful for looking at the entire planet or large
areas of land or water
Grid
• Lines circle the globe east-west and north-south
• Lines are called latitude and longitude• Latitude (parallels)= east-west direction from
equator• Longitude (meridians)= north-south direction
from the Prime Meridian• Where these points intersect (coordinates)
helps us find location of places on a globe/map
Map Grid
Lines of Latitude
Lines of Longitude
Latitude and Longitude Together
Measuring Latitude and Longitude• Distances are measured in degrees–Each degree = 60 minutes
• Latitude ranges from 0° (the equator) to 90° in either north or south–North Pole = 90°N–South Pole = 90°S
Measuring Latitude and Longitude
• Longitude ranges from 0° on the Prime Meridian to 180° on a meridian in the Pacific Ocean in either east or west direction
Hemisphere• The equator divides the Earth in half–North of the equator is called the Northern
Hemisphere– South of the equator is called the Southern
Hemisphere• The Prime Meridian also divides the Earth in half– East of the Prime Meridian is the Eastern
Hemisphere–West of the Prime Meridian is the Western
Hemisphere
Hemispheres
Continents and Oceans
• Earth is made up of seven continents–North America, South America, Europe, Asia
(largest), Africa, Australia and Antarctica (smallest)
• Earth is made up of five oceans–Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, Southern
Continents
Oceans
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