Understanding Earth's Hemispheres
A Grade 5 science worksheet exploring the Earth's hemispheres, including the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Hemispheres.
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Understanding Earth's Hemispheres
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The Earth is a sphere, but we often divide it into halves called hemispheres to make it easier to study. There are four main hemispheres: Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western.
1. Which imaginary line divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
Prime Meridian
Equator
International Date Line
Tropic of Cancer
2. Which two continents are almost entirely in the Western Hemisphere?
Europe and Asia
Africa and Australia
North America and South America
Antarctica and Asia
3. The Prime Meridian divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
True
False
4. Australia is located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere.
True
False
5. The imaginary line that circles the Earth halfway between the North Pole and South Pole is called the .
6. Countries to the east of the Prime Meridian are in the Hemisphere.
7. If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, what season is it likely to be when people in the Southern Hemisphere are experiencing summer?