Parallels and Meridians

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ACTIVITIES:

Copy these activities on your notebook and answer in English:

1. We use _______________________ and __________________ to locate places on maps. They are imaginary _______________ to identify the exact location of places on Earth

2. Which is the main difference between parallels and meridians?

3. Wich is the most important meridian? And the most importan parallel?

4. Other important parallels, from north to south are _____________________, __________________________ , ____________________________ , ________________

5. Equator divides the Earth into two __________________

6. Where is the prime meridian?

7. Meridians start at 0º and run vertically to _________º, and they can be ___________ or _______________

8. Latitude is the distance from one point to _________________, and it can be ____________ or ______________________.

9. Copy and complete. True or false?

- In the Northern Hemisphere there is more water than land.

- The Earth is a perfect sphere.

- The Earth has two types of movement.

10. Observe the map on page 13 with the time zones and consider:

- if in Madrid it's 13:00, what's the time in New York?

- and in Moscow?

-Why is it an hour earlier in the Canary islands than in Madrid?

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