Longitude & Latitude Flashcards
What is the unit of measurement for lines of longitude and latitude?
Degrees
What is the most important line of latitude?
Equator
What is important about the Equator?
It measures half way between the north and south poles
In which direction do the lines of latitude run?
West to East
By what other name are these lines known as?
Parallels
Give an example of how you would write a lines of latitude
25oN or S
What is the most important line of longitude?
Prime Meridian / Greenwich Meridian
What is another name for lines of longitude
Meridians
In which direction do the lines of longitude run?
North to South
They going the north and south poles
Give and example of how you would write the lines of longitude?
40oW or E
What are lines of longitude used for?
To measure time in different parts of the world.
Lines of longitude and latitude divide the world into ….
Different hemispheres
The Equator divides the world into which two hemispheres?
Northern and Southern
The Green Meridian divides the world into which two hemispheres?
Eastern and Western
What is the Prime Meridian.
It is the starting point for longitude. A meridian is another name for a line of longitude
