THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE GLOBE UNIT 1

THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE GLOBE!

UNIT 1 VOCAB COVERED TODAY. . . • Globe • Grid (Global) • Longitude • Latitude • Coordinates • Hemisphere Additional terms you need to know. . . Parallels, degrees, Equator, meridians, Prime Meridian

WHY & HOW IS THE GLOBE “DIVIDED”?

HOW LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE FORM THE GLOBAL GRID Owl. Teacher. com

THE HEMISPHERES Owl. Teacher. com

THINGS TO REMEMBER ABOUT THE LATITUDE. . . • Lines of Latitude are east-west circles around the globe. • These lines are also called “parallels” because they are parallel to one another. They never meet. • These circles divide the globe into units called degrees. • In the middle of the globe is the parallel called the Equator, which is 0 degrees latitude. Geographers measure locations either north or south of the equator. • The farthest latitude south of the equator is 90 south, the location of the South Pole.

THINGS TO REMEMBER ABOUT LONGITUDE. . . • Lines of Longitude are north-south circles around the globe. • These lines are also called meridians. Notice that, theoretically, they do meet. All meridians run through the north and south poles. • The Prime Meridian is 0 degrees longitude. (This runs through Greenwich, England, and is therefore sometimes referred to as the Greenwich meridian. ) • Geographers measure locations either east or west of the Prime Meridian. • The maximum longitude is 180 , which is half way around the world from the Prime Meridian.

THINGS TO REMEMBER ABOUT COORDINATES. . . • Coordinates are a set of values that show an exact position. • On maps and graphs it is common to have a pair of numbers to show where a point is: the first number shows the distance along and the second number shows the distance up or down. Hence, when writing out the coordinate for an absolute location, latitude goes first and longitude goes second. • Separate the numbers by a comma and write them as degrees. Example, 20 S, 140 E