Is New York City in the northern or southern hemisphere? Where is New York? New York is in the Western Hemisphere. Is Brooklyn in the northern hemisphere? Brooklyn-Ny is 2,808.65 mi (4,520.08 km) north of the equator, so it is located in the northern hemisphere. How far is the Bronx from Brooklyn? 15 miles Is […]

Who was the first map maker in the world? Anaximander Who is the father of map making? Gerardus Mercator How old is earth in Christianity? 4.6 billion years Is the world 2020 years old? By dating the rocks in Earth’s ever-changing crust, as well as the rocks in Earth’s neighbors, such as the moon and […]

What causes a plateau? A plateau is a flat, elevated landform that rises sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side. A dissected plateau forms as a result of upward movement in the Earths crust. The uplift is caused by the slow collision of tectonic plates. How does a plateau differ from a […]

Why was the space station created? Purpose. The ISS was originally intended to be a laboratory, observatory, and factory while providing transportation, maintenance, and a low Earth orbit staging base for possible future missions to the Moon, Mars, and asteroids. How was the international space station built? The first rudimentary station was created in 1969 […]

What hemispheres is Greenland located in? Sovereign states in both hemispheres. Below is a list of the sovereign states in both the Western and Eastern Hemispheres on the IERS Reference Meridian, in order from north to south: Denmark, due to passing close to Greenland and to the Faroe Islands. Denmark proper lies entirely within the […]

Which Colour is used in maps to indicate places where minerals are available? Topographic maps may use different colors to represent area features. Most topographic maps will use green for vegetation or national parks and wildlife management areas. They will also use blue for rivers, lakes, or other bodies of water. What are the types […]

What are some parallelograms that are not rectangles? Each pair of adjacent angles are supplementary. A square is a rectangle that is equilateral, that is, all 4 sides have equal length. A rhombus is an equilateral parallelogram that is not a rectangle. Is a parallelogram but not a rectangle? A parallelogram is a quadrilateral with […]

On which day will the North Pole have 24 hours of daylight? December 21st was the Winter Solstice in the northern hemisphere. That’s the day when Earth’s north pole was pointed completely away from the Sun. If you lived north of the Arctic Circle, like Santa Claus, you would have experienced 24 hours of darkness. […]

How many states are between Virginia and Florida? three states How long does it take to get from Virginia to Florida? How long is the drive from Virginia to Florida? The total driving time is 12 hours, 44 minutes. How far is VA from Florida? The air travel (bird fly) shortest distance between Florida and […]

What are the two branches of the Great Rift Valley? In Kenya, Uganda and the fringes of South Sudan, the Great Rift runs along two separate branches that are joined to each other only at their southern end, in Southern Tanzania along its border with Zambia. The two branches are called the Western Rift Valley […]