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What is one half of a sphere the earth has a north and a south one of these?
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Hemisphere. Earth has a North and a South Hemisphere
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What divides the earth into two half spheres?
The equator divides the earth into the north and south hemispheres.
What do you call half sphere?
A sphere that's cut in half o.o
What one half of the earth?
the northern hemisphere the other half the south hemisphere
What does the expression north of 60 mean?
The earth has a northern hemisphere and a southern hemisphere. The dividing line between these two halves of the globe is the Equator. Parallel to the Equator are lines of Latitude. These are measured in degrees north or south of the equator. The expression, "North of 60." refers to a position or area on the Earth that is north of the 60° line of latitude. Countries such Greenland, Iceland and Finland are completely North of 60°. Most of Alaska, Norway and Sweden are in this zone and about half of Canada and Russia. The Arctic continent is substantially beyond 60° north.
Formula for half a sphere for volume?
Find the volume for the whole sphere (4/3 x pi x radius cubed) then divide by two.
What is half of the earths surface called?
The half of the Earth's surface that is north of the equator is called the Northern Hemisphere, while the half south of the equator is the Southern Hemisphere.
What is the name of half a sphere?
Half of a sphere is called a "hemisphere". For example, on Earth, the northern hemisphere is everything north of the equator.
What hemisphere is north and south American in?
NOrt America is in the northern hemisphere (half a sphere in greek) and south america is in the southern if you look in a map, the top half of the earth is the northern hemisp´here, the bottom is the southern.
What is the half called that the equator divides?
Half of any sphere is a 'hemisphere'. In the case of the equator, the halves north and south of it are called the Earth's 'northern hemisphere' and 'southern hemisphere'.
What does the hemisphere mean?
Hemisphere means half of a sphere or globe. It is used to describe half of a celestial object or planet. Earth is divided into a north and south hemisphere by the equator, and lines of longitude bisect Earth from north to south separating the west hemisphere (containing the Americas) from the east hemisphere (containing Africa, Asia, Australia, and Europe).
Does the earth have only two hemipheres?
earth is a sphere... hemisphere means half of a sphere...
What does the word hemisphere mean?
A hemisphere refers to half of a sphere or a celestial body, typically divided along an equator or meridian into northern and southern or eastern and western parts. It is often used to describe regions or parts of the Earth or the brain.
What is the imaginary line that divides the earth in half north and south?
Equator
How many degree of latitude are between the north and south poles?
The north pole is 90 degrees north latitude. The south pole is 90 degrees south latitude. When you travel from one pole to the other, you go through 180 degrees of latitude. Which isn't so surprising, since that trip takes you halfway around the world.
How is the northern half on earth different from the southern half in January?
it is winter in the north and summer in the south.
What divides the earth into two half spheres?
The equator divides the earth into the north and south hemispheres.
What is a half sphere of the earth called?
a Hemisphere
