On every map there is a grid. This grid is made up from latitude lines, which run from east to west and longitude lines which run north to south. These lines are used to measure degrees. In the middle of the globe is the equator. The equator is 0 degrees latitude. The prime meridian is 0 degrees longitude. The world is split into four halves, called hemispheres. Northern hemisphere, Southern hemisphere, Eastern hemisphere and Western hemisphere.
On each map has one compass rose. This compass usually tells you where the north part of the map is, but sometimes it might also say, East, South and West. On a map it also has a scale. A scale shows the distances from one place to another. The earth is divided into 24 different time zones of 24 hours a day. If one place would be night then in another place it would be day.
Melody
Thursday, February 7, 2008
mapping paragraph
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wow
your map element is really understandable
good job
I'm going to post mine - here it is
latitude
think of the earth as a ball spining about an imaginary axis the ends of the axis are labeled N for North Pole and S for South Pole!"
imagine 180 equally spaced parallel circles are painted on the earth the North/South axis runs right through the centre of each crcle The further the circles are from the noth pole and south pole, the larger they are. The two circles that are right at the poles are so small they are actually just points. All these circles are called PARALLELS or LINES OF LATITUDE!The largest circle, the one equally distant from the north pole and south pole, is called the equator. It is called 'zero' degrees latitude. The other lines of latitude are numbered from 0 to 90 degrees going towards each of the poles
longitude
Just imagine someone painted 360 equally spaced lines on the surface of the sphere, each line extending from north pole to south pole. Each of the 360 lines is called a MERIDIAN and each line is numbered. The line that passes through Greenwich is called the PRIME MERIDIAN. It's longitude is 'zero' degrees.
Hemisphere equals half a circle. By using the equator, and the prime meridian, we can divide the world into four quarters.
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