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Yes, it can be when the globe is split at either the Equator or the Prime Meridian; but a hemisphere is technically a three-dimensional shape that is half of a sphere (ball shape).
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What Half of earths surface is called?
There is no such thing as half of the Earth. If you are referring to half of the spherical shape of the Earth then it will be a hemisphere.
What is the bottom half of the earth called?
Southern Hemisphere
What two halves is the earth divided in?
Hemisphere: Is the center line that divides the world in half vertically Equator: Is the center line that divides the world horizontally. Both of these lines are imaginary lines drawn up on maps and globes.
What do you call a half of the earth that is cut longitudinally?
hemisphere (sorry bout' spelling)
What do we c alled the half of the eath?
By my understanding, the earth is divided into to 2 halves by the Equator (the line that runs from west to east around the earth) we call this halves Hemispheres...There is the "northern hemisphere" and "southern hemisphere"...The Greenwich meridian (the line that runs from north to south around the earth) divides the earth into the "western hemisphere" and "eastern hemisphere"..
Half of the earth's surface?
Half of the Earth's surface is called a hemisphere.
What is on half of the earth?
the northern hemisphere the other half the south hemisphere
What one half of the earth?
the northern hemisphere the other half the south hemisphere
What is one-half of the earth?
the northern hemisphere the other half the south hemisphere
What is half an earth?
hemisphere
What is the definiton of hemisphere?
hemisphere-one half of the earth
What Half of earths surface is called?
There is no such thing as half of the Earth. If you are referring to half of the spherical shape of the Earth then it will be a hemisphere.
Where on the map is the Northern Hemisphere?
The northern is hemisphere is just the north upper half of the Earth. So it is the upper half of the Earth
What is one half of the earth when divided by the equator?
One half of the earth is a hemisphere. There is a northern, southern, eastern, and western hemisphere.
What is the definition of hemisphere on a map?
Hemisphere is one half of a sphere. On a map, the sphere in question is the earth, and a hemisphere is half of it.
What is 1 half of the earth?
A hemisphere.
What is an equal half of the earth?
A hemisphere.
