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'Hemisphere' means 'half a sphere' So every sphere has two halves. So every planet has two hemispheres. You can divide the planet into hemispheres any way you like. It's common to talk of the northern hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere, or the eastern and western hemispheres, but if you want to suggest your own hemispheres then that's your choice.
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What word means half of the planet?
Hemisphere.
What is the hemisphere on the moon planet?
Any half of a planet with a great circle as a boundary can be called a hemisphere. Most often the equator is used as a boundary dividing the planet into a northern hemisphere and a southern hemisphere. The Earth has an accepted "prime meridian" (which runs through Greenwich England) and the continuation of that meridian divides the Earth into an eastern and a western hemisphere.
How does equator and prime meridian to explain hemisphere?
The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planet that is north of equator-the word hemisphere literally means 'half sphere'.
How many equators are there on earth?
There is only one equator on Earth. It is an imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.
Which planet orbits the sun every 165 days?
Mercury is the planet that orbits the sun every 165 days. It is the closest planet to the sun in our solar system and has the shortest orbital period.
Is earth the only planet with a southern hemisphere?
Every planet rotates about an axis, so it has an equator in the plane normal to the line between the poles. Every planet is spherical and therefore it can be divided arbitrarily into two hemispheres. If the division is done by the equator, there is a north hemisphere and a south hemisphere.
What word means half of the planet?
Hemisphere.
Where on the planet is Antarctica?
Antarctica lies in the Southern Hemisphere on planet earth.
Is Edinburgh in the Northern or Southern hemisphere?
Simply put, because it is north of the equator, you can see it on a globe. The northern hemisphere of any given planet is always the upper half of the planet.
What is the hemisphere on the moon planet?
Any half of a planet with a great circle as a boundary can be called a hemisphere. Most often the equator is used as a boundary dividing the planet into a northern hemisphere and a southern hemisphere. The Earth has an accepted "prime meridian" (which runs through Greenwich England) and the continuation of that meridian divides the Earth into an eastern and a western hemisphere.
Why do winds deflect to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the Southern hemisphere?
The planet's rotation.
What if planet is fall?
If it is fall (autumn) in the northern hemisphere, then it is spring in the southern hemisphere, and vice versa.
How are the words equator and hemisphere?
The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planet that is north of equator-the word hemisphere literally means 'half sphere'.
Is Antarctica at the bottom of the planet?
Antarctica is in the Southern Hemisphere.
What are the names of the hemispheres of the earth?
The planet Earth can be divided in half two different ways. It can be divided into the Eastern Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere, or the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.
How does equator and prime meridian to explain hemisphere?
The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planet that is north of equator-the word hemisphere literally means 'half sphere'.
What are the hemispheres of Greece?
Greece is in the northern hemisphere and the eastern hemisphere, or in other words, in the north-east quadrant of the planet.
