Do scientists use lines of latitude to describe the distance north or south of the equator?

Answer 1

Yes, and not only scientists. Cartographers and anyone who needs to know about locating things on the globe, or who needs to know location for navigation, communications systems, etc uses latitude and longitude.

Answer 2

Latitude measures the angle on the Earth's curved surface between the equator

and a place north or south of it.

Every degree of latitude, whether north or south, is comparable to roughly

111 km (69.1 miles) from the equator.

Answer 3

In a way.

Latitude is an angle. It describes the angle between the equator and the location in

question, on the surface of the Earth. That's not a distance, but it can be translated

to a distance by combining it in a simple way with a number for the Earth's size.

Answer 4

The lines of latitude on a globe measure the distance east and west.

Answer 5

That is an obvious answer. Yes. The North/ South Pole and the Equator.

Answer 6

Both. More accurately, they indicate the anglenorth or south

of the equator, from which the distance can be calculated.

Answer 7

Latitude is measured in degrees north or south of the equator. Where lines are

drawn on maps or globes, they're more likely measured in points, pica, etc.