Exploring Earth's Hemispheres
A Grade 4 science worksheet introducing students to the Earth's hemispheres, including the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Hemispheres.
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Exploring Earth's Hemispheres
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Some questions will ask you to look at the globe image provided.
The Earth is divided into four main hemispheres. 'Hemi' means half, so a hemisphere is half of the Earth. These halves are created by imaginary lines: the Equator and the Prime Meridian.
The Equator divides the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere. The Prime Meridian divides the Earth into the Eastern Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere.
1. What imaginary line divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
Prime Meridian
Equator
International Date Line
Tropic of Cancer
2. The word 'hemi' in hemisphere means:
full
quarter
half
circle
3. The imaginary line that divides the Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres is called the .
4. Countries located above the Equator are in the Hemisphere.
5. Countries located to the west of the Prime Meridian are in the Hemisphere.
6. The United States is located entirely within the Western Hemisphere.
True
False
7. Antarctica is mostly located in the Northern Hemisphere.
True
False
8. Name two continents that are entirely or mostly in the Northern Hemisphere.
9. Why do you think it is useful to divide the Earth into hemispheres?