Longitude and Latitude Flashcards
How do we measure lines of longitude and latitude?
In degrees.
What is the most important line of latitude?
The Equator.
Where is the Equator?
Half way between the north and south poles.
How to lines of latitude run?
Parallel. FrOm West to East.
What is another name for lines of latitude?
Parallels.
How are lines of latitude written?
25* N or S
What is the most important line of longitude?
Prime Meridian or Greenwich Meridian.
What is another name for lines of longitude?
Meridians.
What do lines of longitude join?
The North and South Poles.
What do we write lines of longitude?
40* W or E
What do lines of longitude measuref?
Time in different parts of the world.
What do lines of longitude and latitude divde the world into?
Different Hemispheres.
What does the Equartor divide the world into?
North and South Hempishpheres
What does the Prime Meridian divide the world into?
Easter and Western Hemispheres.
How can we work out any on place on earth accurately?
By knowing the longitude and latitude.
