LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE

Question 0

What is latitude?

Answer 0

Imaginary lines going around the earth HORIZONTALLY.
Measured in degrees north or south of the Equator.
Latitude is always given first.

Question 1

What is Latitude and Longitude?

Answer 1

Imaginary lines drawn onto a globe to help us find places.
Measured in degrees.
Each degree is divided into 60 smaller parts called MINUTES.

Question 2

What is longitude?

Answer 2

Imaginary lines running VERTICALLY from the North Pole to the South Pole.
Measured in degrees east or west of the Greenwich Meridian.