My place: lines of longitude and latitude

Question 1

What is a line of longitude?

Answer 1

Longitude lines are lines which measure Far East or west a place is from the prime meridian, the main line of longitude running through London.

Question 2

What is a line of latitude?

Answer 2

Lines of latitude are a way of calculating where a particular place is. They are measure how far north of south a place is from the equator. The equator is 0 degrees.

Question 3

Why do we use lines of longitude and latitude?

Answer 3

We use lines of longitude and latitude to locate where different places in the world are.

Question 4

Name the 6 main lines of longitude and latitude and their degrees.

Answer 4

The equator, 0 degrees north or south
Prime meridian, 0 degrees north or south
the Tropic of Cancer, 23.5 degrees north
the Tropic of Capricorn, 23.5 degrees south
the arctic circle, 66.5 degrees south
the Antarctic circle, 66.5 degrees north