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The imaginary lines assigned to the Earth's surface form a grid system that can locate a specific point or set of points.
Latitude lines circle the Earth east and west and indicate distance north or south of the equator. 90° N is the North Pole and 90° S is the South Pole.
- Arctic Circle : approximately 66.5° N
- Tropic of Cancer : approximately 23.5° N
- Equator : 0° latitude
- Tropic of Capricorn : approximately 23.5° S
- Antarctic Circle : approximately 66.5° S
Longitude lines run north and south, from the North Pole to the South Pole, and defined the distance from the Prime Meridian (Greenwich Meridian), either east or west.
- Greenwich Meridian - arbitrarily assigned 0° longitude
- International Date Line - ideally 180° east or west of Greenwich
A calendar day officially begins when the time reaches noon (of the preceding day) at Greenwich, as it is then midnight at the International Date Line. Only once each day is the entire world on the same calendat day. At any other time, crossing the Date Line moving west advances the date by a day, while crossing to the east sets the calendar date back a day.
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What are the imaginary lines on the globe and map?
The horizontal lines are called latitudes and the vertical lines are called longitudes.
What is another name for the lines that run across the globe east-west called besides latitude?
The lines on the globe are not called "latitude", any more than the marks on a thermometer are called "temperature". The lines on the globe that mark intervals of latitude are called "parallels" of latitude.
What are the lines on the globe called?
The key lines are latitude and longitude. These are based on specific points. The equator is the latitude around the center of the earth. Longitude is measured from the Prime Meridian, which goes through the Greenwich Observatory in England.The Tropics and the Arctic/Antarctic Circle are also key.
What are two names for the lines that run east to west on a globe?
They are the lines of latitude, and they are also called parallels.
What does the lines in globe equator?
All lines of latitude are parallel to the Equator, except the poles ,which are dot/points.
The horizontal lines are called the lines of what?
On the globe they are called lines of LATITUDE and are parallel to the equator.
What are the vertical lines around our globe called?
Lines of longitude.
Lines of the globe?
East-West lines are called lines of latitude. North-South lines are called lines of longitude.
What are the lines on the globe that look like a checkerboard called?
the lines on the globe are called longitude and latitude lines the longitude lines go up and down while the latitude lines go left to right
What are the imaginary lines on the globe and map?
The horizontal lines are called latitudes and the vertical lines are called longitudes.
What is another name for the lines that run across the globe east-west called besides latitude?
The lines on the globe are not called "latitude", any more than the marks on a thermometer are called "temperature". The lines on the globe that mark intervals of latitude are called "parallels" of latitude.
What are the lines of the globe called?
latitude and longitude
Are the parallel lines on a globe called longitude or latitude lines?
Latitude.
Why there is an imaginary lines on globe?
Those lines are called longitude and latitude.
The horizontal lines on the globe are called?
Latitude
Why are the equator and all lines of longitude called great circles?
The equator and all lines of longitude are called great circles because the represent the circumference of the earth. The other latitude lines along the globe are smaller then the actually circumference.
Do lines of latitude divide the globe into things called poles?
No they do not
