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Geography

Geography. Globes and Maps. Seeing the World. Two ways of seeing Earth Maps Globes / Atlas. globes. maps. There are two important aspects in a map and globe?. Land Water. Land. Continents Are large pieces of land There are six separate pieces of land in a map

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Geography

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  1. Geography Globes and Maps

  2. Seeing the World Two ways of seeing Earth • Maps • Globes / Atlas globes maps

  3. There are two important aspects in a map and globe? • Land • Water

  4. Land • Continents • Are large pieces of land • There are six separate pieces of land in a map • However, we have 7 continents • We separate one continent into two • Asia and Europe

  5. Map

  6. Seven Continents • North America • South America • Africa • Asia • Australia • Antarctica • Europe

  7. Water • Oceans • Large bodies of water • Are divided • There are four oceans

  8. Oceans • The four oceans: • Pacific Ocean • Atlantic Ocean • Indian Ocean • Artic Ocean

  9. Can Maps Tell More Information? • There are imaginary lines in the Earth’s surface. • Called latitude and longitude • There are three types • Equator • Tropic of Cancer • Tropic of Capricorn

  10. Latitude and Longitude • These imaginary lines run horizontally or vertically • Latitude lines run horizontally from east to west. • Longitude lines run vertically, north to south.

  11. Degrees • There are degrees appointed to the lines. • The degrees are numbers that help pilots and ship’s captain navigate across the sky and ocean without getting lost. • These numbers tell us a specific location.

  12. Location of the Equator • What is the equator? • It divides the Earth into two halves. • The Northern Hemisphere • Southern Hemisphere

  13. Tropic of Cancer Based on the sun’s position in relation to the earth at 2 points of the year. First on June 21 (summer) Second on December 21 (winter) Tropic of Capricorn Based on the sun’s position in relation to the earth at 2 points of the year. First on June 21 (winter) Second on December 21 (summer) What is the Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn?

  14. The Tropic of Cancer The Tropic of Capricorn

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