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Pumpkin Globe
Term | Definition |
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northern hemisphere | the United States is located here |
oceans | large bodies of water; there are four of them |
longitude | imaginary lines that RUN north and south; these lines MEASURE east and west |
western hemisphere | places WEST of the prime meridian |
prime meridian | the 0-degree line of longitude |
meridians | also known as "lines of longitude" |
parallels | imaginary lines around Earth PARALLEL to the equator also called "lines of latitude" |
continents | the seven large bodies of land on Earth |
latitude | imaginary lines that RUN east and west; these lines MEASURE north and south |
equator | an imaginary line around the middle of Earth; countries near this line stay hot year round |
eastern hemisphere | places EAST of the prime meridian |
southern hemisphere | the half of the Earth that is SOUTH of the equator |