What divides the Earth into the Northern and the Southern Hemispheres?
Correct answer: A. Equator
- A. Equator
- B. Axis of rotation
- C. North Pole
- D. South Pole
Explanation
The equator is an imaginary circle halfway between the poles and divides Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Earth’s axis is the line around which it rotates, not the dividing circle.
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