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When you have done this page, take the Globes Quiz.
A globe is a round model of the earth. A globe is in the shape of a sphere which is a three dimensional round space figure.
Half of the globe is a hemisphere. There are four hemispheres on the earth. They are the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Hemisphere. Most places are located in two out of the four hemispheres, and if they cross the equator, three hemispheres. A continent such as Africa would be such a place.
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The Southern Hemisphere: The bottom two quarters |
The dividing point for the Northern and Southern hemispheres is the equator which runs through the middle of the sphere at 0 degrees latitude.
A globe demonstrates the earth rotating on its axis which is an imaginary line through the middle of the earth. Rotation is what causes day and night as the earth shows a different part of its surface to the sun as it turns on its axis.