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Finding Your Way Around a Globe
Age 8 · Geography
A globe is a round model of Earth that shows land in green and brown and oceans in blue. The equator is a pretend line around the middle, exactly halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole.
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In the picture
- North Pole: the very top of Earth, covered in ice
- Equator: an imaginary line around Earth’s middle that splits it into a northern half and a southern half
- Africa: a continent, one of Earth’s seven big pieces of land
- Atlantic Ocean: one of Earth’s five oceans of salty water
Examples
- Spinning a globe in the classroom to find the continent where you live
- Looking at a world map in an atlas to see which ocean you would cross on a trip
Key takeaways
- Earth has seven continents and five oceans.
- The equator is halfway between the North and South Poles and divides Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
Quiz: Finding Your Way Around a Globe (Age 8)
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How many continents and oceans does Earth have?
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Where is the equator?
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Which two halves does the equator split Earth into?
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