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How are time zones marked on a time zone map?
By vertical lines, like meridians, but not always straight.
What does meidian mean?
meridian means the north pole to the south pole and longitude meridians on the map are west.
What lines of a map run from north pole to the south pole?
lines of equal longitude, a.k.a. meridians
Is 120 degrees west longitude parallel to the prime meridian?
Meridians are not parallel. They join at the poles. Parallels of latitude is a common phrase. Meridians of longitude look parallel on the the map, but they're not on the globe.
What is the type of cylindrical map projection that is commonly used and shows straight meridians and parallels that intersect at right angles?
It is the Mercator.
How are the meridians on the map different from the meridians on a globe?
Meridians on a globe get closer and eventually merge at the North and South Poles. On a map (a flat plane) the meridians are drawn parallel and there is distortion at the poles, most noticeable on a world map.
What are meridians of longitudes and parallels of latitudes?
Name the two meridians east of the meridian on this map.
On a globe the meridians converge toward the poles What is the pattern of meridians on the Mercator?
On a Mercator map the Meridians (vertical lines of Latitude) are straight lines at right angles to the lines of Longitude.
What is Vertical lines on a map are also called?
Lines of Longitude or Meridians
What are the lines on a map running north-south that show distances east or west of the prime meridian?
Meridians of Longitude All of the other meridians; the lines of longitude.
How are time zones marked on a time zone map?
By vertical lines, like meridians, but not always straight.
What is the prime meridians of a map?
its a line that separates the the world in the world on a map or globe too
The intersecting parallel meridian lines in a globe or map?
Meridians are not parallel. Apart from that, what is the question?
What is a map with parallel meridians called?
The "cylindrical projection" map. See bottom of http://www.progonos.com/furuti/MapProj/Normal/ProjCyl/projCyl.html .
What is the name of the lines on a map or a globe that runs north and south?
Those are meridians of constant longitude.
What do you call the lines on a map or globe that meet at the north and south poles?
Meridians - or lines of longitude.
What do you call the imaginary line through earths poles?
Are you thinking og the meridians? The meridians are the lines you see on a map that conects the north and south pole and also those who determ longtitude
