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What is a continent?
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 A continent is a very very large mass of land. |
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Name the seven continents of the world.
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 The seven continents of the world are: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia |
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What is an ocean?
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An ocean is a great body of salt water that covers ¾ of earth’s surface.
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Name the five oceans of the world.
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 The five oceans of the world are: Pacific Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, southern ocean, Indian Ocean. |
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What is a globe?
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A glove is a true map of the world made on a ball or sphere the shape of the earth.
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How do imaginary lines on a globe help us?
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We use imaginary lines to locate places on a globe.
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What are some imaginary lines?
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 Equator, prime meridian, tropic of cancer, tropic of Capricorn, Arctic Circle, Antarctic Circle, and International Date Line. |
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What is the equator and what does it do?
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The equator is an imaginary line that separates earth into the northern and southern hemispheres.
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What is a hemisphere?
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Each half of the earth is called a hemisphere.
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Name the hemispheres.
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The hemispheres are: northern and southern, eastern and western hemispheres, daylight and darkness hemispheres.
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How many degrees are there in total around the globe?
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There are 360◦ in total around the globe.
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What are parallels of latitude or lines of latitude?
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Imaginary lines that run east&west and are parallel to the equator. They measure 0◦ latitude at the equator to 90◦ at the north and south poles.
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What is 0◦ latitude?
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The equator is 0◦ latitude.
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What are meridians or lines of longitude?
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Imaginary lines that run north&south, (not parallel) They measure 0◦ longitude at prime meridian & 180◦ east&west from the prime meridian.
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What is 0◦ longitude?
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The prime meridian is 0◦ longitude.
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