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Longitude lines connect the North and South Poles and measure distances east or west of Greenwich.
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Is it true tornadoes move from southwest to northeast?
That is the most common direction in which tornadoes travel, but they can move in any direction.
What direction do most tornados travel from?
Most tornadoes com out of the southwest
Why do tornadoes travel southwest to northeast?
That is the direction most storms in the temperate parts of the northern hemisphere travel, driven by the prevailing winds.
What direction does tornadoes usually go in?
Tornadoes most often travel from southwest to northeast.
Do tornadoes move north to south?
A tornado can move in any direction, but the most common direction of travel is southwest to northeast. Southeast-moving tornadoes are not uncommon.
Which direction does longitude lines travel in?
If you have a map or globe with some longitude lines printed on it, you'll find that they stay where they are and do not move from day to day. Regardless of how many there may be on your particular map or globe, each of them joins the north and south poles, and has the same length ... about 12,500 miles.
What direction do latitude and longitude lines travel?
Latitude: East-west Longitude: North-south
Which one of the following are the direction of a meridian of longitude which converges on the North Pole?
All 'Meridians' converge at the Poles. No lines of Longitude do (they go 'around' the globe).
If you were to travel from the geographic south pole in a straight line in any direction in which direction would you travel northsoutheast or west?
If you travel along a line of longitude from the South Pole, you would travel directly northwards.
In which direction would you travel if you were going from 40degrees N latitude and120degrees w longitude to 38degrees N latitude and 120degrees w longitude?
South
In which direction would you travel if you were going from 40degrees N latitude and 120degrees W longitude to 38degrees N latitude and 120degrees W longitude?
south
How many total degrees of latitudes are drawn on the globe?
In order to travel through all possible latitudes, you'd have to travel all the waybetween the Earth's poles. That's half-way around the globe, or 180 degrees.
In which direction would yu travel going from 30 n latitude 20 w longitude to 15 n latitude 60 w longitude?
southwest
How many degrees is Indianapolis from the prime meridian?
If you travel straight east or straight west, it's 93.85° of longitude in onedirection and 266.15° of longitude in the other direction.But if you travel straight north or south, then it's only 50.23° of latitude inone direction and 129.77° of latitude in the other direction.
In which direction would you travel if you were going from 40 N latitude 100 W longitude to 40 N latitude 90 W longitude?
France is 80 n latitude 140 w longitude
When finding longitude what is your first step?
Longitude refers to the invisible lines across the globe that mark off specific locations. In order to find a line of longitude, it is important to get a map or globe. Look for long lines that are spaced evenly across the globe.
How many degrees of longitude are on the globe?
89
