0
If you make a horizontal cut through a globe this creates what two hemispheres?
Wiki User
∙ 6y ago
The Earth is a globe (an oblate spheroid) that is separated into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere by the Equator (zero degrees latitude). The Equator horizontally encircles the Earth.
Wiki User
∙ 6y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
If a horizontal globe is cut what hemispheres are created?
The Earth is a globe (an oblate spheroid) that is separated into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere by the Equator (zero degrees latitude). The Equator horizontally encircles the Earth.
Which line of longitude divides the eastern and western hemisphere?
The Prime Meridian divides the globe into Eastern and Western hemispheres, just as the equator divides the globe into Northern and Southern hemispheres.
What is one-half of the globe the Equator divides the earth into Northern and southern hemispheres the Prime Meridian divides it into Eastern and Western Hemispheres?
j
What term is used to describe an imaginary line that divides the globe into the eastern and western hemispheres?
the equator
If a vertically globe is cut what hemispheres are created?
The Earth is a globe (an oblate spheroid) that is separated vertically by the Prime Meridian (zero degrees longitude) into the Western Hemisphere and the Eastern Hemisphere.
The vertically cut globe creates what two hemispheres?
Unless you include some form of coordinates it simple produces two hemispheres, providing the cut is central to the axis.
If a horizontal globe is cut what hemispheres are created?
The Earth is a globe (an oblate spheroid) that is separated into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere by the Equator (zero degrees latitude). The Equator horizontally encircles the Earth.
What is one half of a globe called?
a hemisphere.
What imaginary parallel lines run around the globe?
Yes. Horizontal lines of latitude that run across the globe are known as parallels or latitude.
What are the two hemispheres on the globe?
north and south
What part of the globe is Germany in?
The north and eastern hemispheres.
The equator divides the globe into halves called?
Hemispheres!
Why do you break globe into hemispheres?
To differentiate, locate and direct
Which line of longitude divides the eastern and western hemisphere?
The Prime Meridian divides the globe into Eastern and Western hemispheres, just as the equator divides the globe into Northern and Southern hemispheres.
What is the word origin of hemisphere?
the word is based off of latin words hemi, meaning half and sphere, meaning the globe therefore, a hemisphere is a half of the globe there are the north and south hemispheres and the east and west hemispheres. there is no northwest, northeast, southwest and southeast hemispheres since they only take up a quarter of the globe
What 2 parts of the globe is formed by the equator?
Northern and southern hemispheres
What is the widest horizontal line on the globe?
The Equator.
