How can Tennessee be in two different hemispheres?

Answer 1

That's not a problem. There are parts of Africa in four different hemispheres.

I think the key is to remind you that we talk about four different hemispheres,

and no hemisphere locks out ALL of the other ones. In fact, each hemisphere

only locks out ONE of the others, and with very few exceptions, every point on

Earth is generally in two hemispheres.

Here's what I mean:

-- Northern hemisphere:

Half of it is also in the Eastern hemisphere and the

other half of it is also in the Western hemisphere.

-- Southern hemisphere:

Half of it is also in the Eastern hemisphere and the

other half of it is also in the Western hemisphere.

-- Eastern hemisphere:

Half of it is also the Northern hemisphere and the

other half of it is also in the Southern Hemisphere.

-- Western hemisphere:

Half of it is also in the Northern hemisphere and the

other half of it is also in the Southern hemisphere.

Tennessee is in the half of the Northern hemisphere that's also in the

Western hemisphere, and in the half of the Western hemisphere that's

also in the Northern one.

Is this confusing you ? It could all be clear if someone showed it to you

on a globe. But before you leave here, try thinking about it this way:

-- On a piece of paper, draw a big square.

-- Then draw a line across the middle of it that splits it into

the top half and the bottom half.

-- Then draw another line, up and down, through the middle of

the square, that splits it into the left half and the right half. Now you have one big square with four little squares inside of it. Pick one of the

little ones. Any point in that little square might be in the top half of the big one

AND the left half of the big one, both at the same time.