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Lines of latitude and lines of longitude are perpendicular to?
Every meridian of longitude is perpendicular to every parallel of latitude, and every parallel of latitude is perpendicular to every meridian of longitude.
What does latitude and longitude measure?
Location of a point on the surface of the earth.
Are latitude lines called meridian?
Each 'meridian' is a line of constant longitude.
Do latitude lines ever touch longitude lines?
Every parallel of latitude crosses every meridian of longitude.
Which one line is parallel latitude or longitude?
All 'lines' of latitude are parallel to all others.No meridian of longitude is parallel to any others.-- All 'lines' of latitude are parallel to all others.-- No meridian of longitude is parallel to any other one.
How can you tell the difference between latitude lines and longitude lines?
Latitude lines run parallel to the equator and measure a location's distance north or south of the equator, while longitude lines run perpendicular to the equator and measure a location's distance east or west of the prime meridian. Latitude lines are represented by horizontal lines on maps, while longitude lines are represented by vertical lines.
Which is the Latitude and which the Longitude?
The one that measures the angle from the equator and is tagged 'north' or 'south' is the latitude. The one that measures the angle from the Prime Meridian and is tagged 'east' or 'west' is the longitude.
What do meridian lines measure?
They measure latitude & Longitude.
What lines measures distance east and west of the prime meridian?
Longitude lines. They are also called meridians.
What lines run north and south but are measured east and west of prime meridian?
Longitude lines run north ans south and latitude lines run west to east an easy way to remember is longitude has the word long in it ..so you know the those lines are vertical lines and that the latitude lines are the horizontal linesThe Prime Meridian is the line made out of all the points on earth that have zero longitude and every possible latitude.
What lines measure distance east and west of the prime meridian on a globe or map?
All of the other meridians; the lines of longitude.
What are lines of also longitude called?
Longitude is the best term, but sometimes meridian is used. The line of longitude at zero degrees is the Prime Meridian.
