... around the center of the Earth The equator is exactly halfway between the North and South Poles, the most northern and southern points on the Earth, and the axis points the Earth spins on The Equator ... from the warm waters of the Caribbean Sea in the north to the stormy, cold waters of Cape Horn in the south The world s longest mountain chain, the Andes, runs down the western coast, while the ... TIME ZONES As the Earth spins, some parts of the world are in sunlight while others are in darkness That is why it is a different time in various places in the world Therefore, the world has been...