soical Flashcards
latitude
lines that run east to west. job is to tell us if something is north or south.
imaginary lines
runs from north to south. job is to tell us if something is east to west of the prime meridian
equator
imaginary line. located at zero degrees. divides the earth into southern and western hemispheres.
prime meridian
divides the earth into the eastern and western hemispheres.
hemispheres
means half. there are four: southern, eastern, western, northern.
parallels
another word for lines of laditude.
meridian
another name for lines of longitude.
tropic of cancer
imaginary line located at 23 1/2 degrees north latitude
tropic of capricorn
imaginary line located at 23 1/2 degrees south longitude
all tropics
refers to any land between tropic of cancer and capricorn.