What is the lines of longitude and the lines of latitude?

Anonymous

∙ 14y ago

Updated: 8/19/2019

Longitude lines run north to south of the Earth.

Latitude lines run east to west of the Earth.

(You can remember which is which by thinking of Santa Clause: LONGatude is up and down and FATatitude is across.)

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∙ 14y ago

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What lines are parallel to the equator?

lines of latitude

Are the lines of Capricorn and cancer lines of longitude or latitude?

latitude?

Are latitude lines called meridian?

Each 'meridian' is a line of constant longitude.

Are the parallel lines on a globe called longitude or latitude lines?

Latitude.

Lines of latitude and lines of longitude are perpendicular to?

Every meridian of longitude is perpendicular to every parallel of latitude, and every parallel of latitude is perpendicular to every meridian of longitude.

What lines are part of a grid system on the map?

Latitude and longitude

What are The lines that intercept latitude lines on a map Are lines of what?

The lines that intercept latitude lines are lines of longitude.

Lines of latitude are perpendicular to it?

Lines of Longitude

Do latitude lines ever touch longitude lines?

Every parallel of latitude crosses every meridian of longitude.

What is the most important thing about longitude and latitude?

Longitude lines go vertically and latitude lines go horizontally.

Why would you use lines of latitude and longitude?

Lines of latitude and longitude allows any position on the Earth to be plotted.

What is the same about lines of longitude and lines of latitude?

Lines of latitude and lines of longitude are equally misunderstood by substantial and virtually equal fractions of the general population.

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