Longitude and Latitude Flashcards
co-ordinate
each of a group of numbers used to indicate the position
of a point, line or plane
parallel
two or more lines that are parallel to each other are the same
distance apart at every point
determine
to discover the facts about something; to calculate
something exactly
circumnavigate
sail or travel all the way around
something e.g. the world
constitutes
be (a part) of a whole
straddle
extend across both sides of
latitude
regions with reference to their temperature and distance
from the equator
longitude
the distance of a place east or west of the Greenwich meridian,
measured in degrees
horizontal
flat and level; going across and parallel to the ground rather
than going up and down
vertical
going straight up or down from a level surface or from
top to bottom in a picture
meridian
one of the lines that is drawn from the North Pole to the South
Pole on a map of the world
straddle
extend across both sides of
Prefix / Suffix / Root:
para
beside, near
Examples: parallel, parameter, parachute
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circ(um)
around, round
Examples: circle, circumference, circus, circuit
Prefix / Suffix / Root:
vert
turn
Examples: covert, invert, vertical
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lat
broad, wide
Examples: latitude, lateral, dilate
Idiom:
put it on the map
to make something widely known and acknowledged
intersect
divide (something) by passing or lying across it.
solar
relating to or determined by the sun
lunar
relating to or determined by the moon
anticlockwise
in the opposite direction to the way the hands of a clock move round
thermometer
an instrument for measuring and indicating temperature
clockwise
the direction the hands of a clock move round
hemisphere
two equal halves of the Earth
Any circle drawn around Earth divides it into two equal halves called hemispheres. There are generally considered to be four hemispheres: northern, southern, eastern, and western. The Equator, or line of 0 degrees latitude, divides Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
