Lines of Latitude and Longitute Flashcards
Where is the North Pole
90 degrees north
What are the Lines of latitude that run across the north hemisphere
Arctic circle at the top (66,5 degrees N)
Tropic of cancer (23.5 degrees N)
What lines of latitude run across the south hemisphere
Tropic of Capricorn (23,5 degrees S)
Antarctic Circle(66.5 degrees S)
Where is the South Pole
90 degrees south
What line of latitude separate the north and south hemisphere
Equator (0 degrees)
Divides Africa in half
What are lines of latitude
Lines of latitude run parallel to each other around the earth
What are lines of longitude
Lines of longitude run from the North to the South Pole and are the furthest apart from each other at the equator
What is the Greenwich meridian
The 0 in London
How do you calculate lines of latitude and longitude on the international date line
Read like a graph and then look to see it your on the west or east side
How do you calculate lines of latitude and longitude on the international date line
Read like a graph and then look to see it your on the west or east side for longitude
And north or south for latitude
What does the earth rotate on
Axis once every 24 hours
If the earth rotates 360 degrees in 24hrs how many degrees does it rotate in an hour
15 degrees
How long does it take for the earth to rotate 1 degrees
4 minutes
Going west means
- hours
Going east means
+ hours
