Mapping

ContinentsThere are 7

Continents:• North America• South America• Europe• Asia• Africa• Australia • Antarctica

Oceans

There are 5 oceans:• Atlantic • Pacific• Arctic• Indian• Southern

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1. How many oceans are there?

2. How many continents are there?

3. Name the four hemispheres.

4. After you’ve formed a hypothesis, what is the next step in the scientific method?

Latitude: • Divides N & S• Runs (drawn) E & W

• Reference Line:EQUATOR – 0⁰ N & S

or 0⁰ Latitude

Longitude:• Divides E & W• Runs (drawn) N&S

• Reference Line:Prime Meridian – 0⁰ E & W

or 0⁰ Longitude

It's a “LONG way from North Pole to South Pole for LONGitudes.”

I'm climbing the “LADDER OF LATITUDES”

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Plotting Latitude and Longitude

• Latitude is 1st and is always N or S• Longitude is 2nd and is always E or W State Capitol Building 35.78027N, 78.63910W

Finding the Coordinates

• When locating coordinates, always look at the location of the latitude first.

• After you have found

that number, then proceed on to find the longitude.

Steps to plotting latitude and longitude

1. Find latitude degrees. Is it north or south from the 0 degree mark (equator)?

2. Find longitude degrees. Is it east or west from the 0 degree mark (Prime Meridian)?

East West, North South on the Earth• The N tells us we’re

north of the Equator. The S tells us we’re south of the Equator.

• The E tells us that we’re east of the Prime Meridian. The W tells us that we’re west of the Prime Meridian.

(N, W) (N, E)

(S, W) (S, E)

East West, North South on the Earth

• That means all points in North America will have a North latitude and a West longitude because it is North of the Equator and West of the Prime Meridian.

(N, W)

Prime Meridian

East West, North South on the Earth

• What would be the latitude and longitude directions in Australia?

Prime Meridian ?

If you said South and East , you’re right!

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