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latitude and logitude are used to find the exact location of a place, as long as you know the coordinents

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What term is used for the measurement of distance from the equator?

Latitude, which is measured in degrees, minutes and seconds.


Unit of measure used to determine absolute location?

The unit of measure used to determine absolute location is degrees and minutes of latitude and longitude. The Earth has 360 degrees at the equator.


What is the measurement used for latitude and longitude?

Degrees.


How many degrees of latitude are there from zero degrees latitude to the north pole?

There are 90 degrees latitude from the equator (zero degrees latitude) to the North Pole.


What is co-latitude and latitude?

Latitude is the measurement of degrees from the equator to the pole so that the pole has a latitude of 90 degrees. Co-latitude is the measurement of degrees from the pole to the equator so that the equator has a latitude of 90 degrees. Also the sum of latitude and co-latitude is always 90 degrees.


What is used to measure latitude and longitude. There are 360 of them.?

Degrees.


What term is used to find to measure the distance from the equator?

The term used to measure the distance from the equator is "latitude." Latitude is expressed in degrees, with the equator defined as 0 degrees. Locations north of the equator have positive latitude values (up to 90 degrees North), while locations south of the equator have negative latitude values (down to 90 degrees South).


What is the degrees between the lines of latitude?

A line of latitude is the line of latitude shown on a map, usually representing 10 degrees latitude. Degrees of latitude are simply the number of degrees, such as 33.33 etc.


What is the line of latitude that is zero degrees latitude is the?

Zero degrees of latitude is the Equator.


What unit of measure is used to determine longitude or latitude?

Degrees.


Another name for the lines of latitude?

The other name that is used for lines latitude is parallels. The main latitude is the equator which is at zero degrees.


What is the difference between lines and degrees of latitude?

A line of latitude is the line of latitude shown on a map, usually representing 10 degrees latitude. Degrees of latitude are simply the number of degrees, such as 33.33 etc.