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those lines are called longitude and latitude

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Q: What are the imaginary lines that run eats to west around the earth to show the distance north or south of the equator?
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Is the equator an imaginary line around which the earth rotates?

The equator is an imaginary line which indicates where the middle of the earth is and it goes around.


The imaginary line around the middle of the earth?

the equator is the imaginary line around the earth.


What is the imaginary line around the centre of the earth?

The equator


What is the imaginary line the earth rotates around?

the equator.


What is the distance around the earth's equator in cm?

The distance around the Earth's equator is approximately 4,007,500,000cm.


What is the imaginary line around the earth that makes it spin?

There is no such line. The imaginary line through its centre is the axis, which the Earth rotates around; the imaginary line an equal distance from the poles is the equator. Neither make it spin - that is caused by momentum from the planet's formation.


What do we call the imaginary line that circles the Earth's middle?

The horizontal line that goes around the "waist" of the Earth is the Equator. The vertical line that goes vertically around the Earth, through the poles, is the Prime Meridian.


What are the relationships between latitude and the equator?

The distance between imaginary lines around the earth parallel to the equator. The relationship is that they all travel from east to west or visa versa.


What does the Equator mean?

The Equator is the imaginary line around the Earth, halfway between the poles.


Is the equator is an imaginary line around which the earth is turning?

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10. Imaginary line that goes around the earth?

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Is there a imaginary pole going through the earth call the equator?

No- the equator is an imaginary line running around the circumference of the earth's centre. The earth's axis is an imaginary pole which runs from the North Pole to the South Pole