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What is the importance of latitude and longitude on a map?
Latitude and longitude are able to pinpoint a certain location on Earth accurately on a map.
Which parallels of latitude are drawn on the map?
The latitude lines printed on a map will depend on the scale of the map. A map of the Earth will probably have latitude lines printed every 15 or 30 degrees; a map of the United States will have latitude lines printed every 5 or 10 degrees.
How do the earth's latitude system contrast with lines of longitude?
Latitude will always be north and south on a world map. Longitude will always be east and west on a map.
How does the Mercator map misrepresent the earth?
latitude and longitude are the same as the Mercator
The lines that intersect latitude lines on a map are lines of what?
Lines of Latitude encircle the Earth horizontally, and are parallel to the Equator. Lines of Latitude are intercepted by Lines of Longitude. Lines of Longitude run vertically from the North Pole to the South Pole. The Prime Meridian is zero longitude and passes through the Greenwich Observatory, Greenwich, London, England.
Is latitude an element of weather?
no, but it has control such a marked effect on climatic elements as does the latitude, or the position of earth relative to the sun.- latitude is an imaginary line on the earth- its position on a world map is parallel.
Is the kilauea map its on longitude or latitude?
Every point on Earth has a longitude and a latitude. The only exceptions arethe north and south poles. Each of them has a latitude and every longitude.
What lines that run east and west?
If you pick any latitude on Earth, and mark a tiny dot on the map at every pointthat has that latitude, the points will seem to blend into a solid line that circlesthe Earth in the east/west direction. It's a line that has the same latitude atevery point on it.
How can you find latitude on the map?
well you find latitude on a map by looking at East and West sides of the map and there you will find the latitude
What is a way of showing the round earth on a flat surface?
on a flat map
How are longitude and latitude lines used to locate points on earth?
They are used to locate a certain place on a map.
What do you use on a map to find absolute location?
You would use coordinates, such as latitude and longitude, to find the absolute location of a place on a map. These coordinates provide a precise and fixed point on the Earth's surface.
