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The lines printed on some globes and some maps have no names, any more than
the lines on rulers and tape measures have. They're all used to show the position
of a few even multiples of some units of measurement.
The lines on a tape measure mark off multiples of inches, feet, meters, or yards.
The lines on a measuring cup mark off multiples of ounces or liters.
The lines on maps and globes mark off multiples of angle degrees. The angles
represent longitudes if they're marked off in the east/west direction, and latitude
if they're marked off in the north/south direction. Longitudes and latitudes are
measurements of angles that describe the location of places on the Earth.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 12y agoLines of longitude, or meridians
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What are the imaginary lines on the globe and map?
The horizontal lines are called latitudes and the vertical lines are called longitudes.
What is another name for the lines that run across the globe east-west called besides latitude?
The lines on the globe are not called "latitude", any more than the marks on a thermometer are called "temperature". The lines on the globe that mark intervals of latitude are called "parallels" of latitude.
What are the names of the latitude lines that circle the north and south poles?
lines of latitude
Lines of longitude on earth run from due north to due south are called?
These invisible lines that circle the earth and are vertical or running north to south are longitude or meridian lines. These lines are also perpendicular to lines called latitudes that are parallel to the equator.
What are the lines on the globe called?
The key lines are latitude and longitude. These are based on specific points. The equator is the latitude around the center of the earth. Longitude is measured from the Prime Meridian, which goes through the Greenwich Observatory in England.The Tropics and the Arctic/Antarctic Circle are also key.
What are the vertical lines around our globe called?
Lines of longitude.
What are the imaginary lines on the globe and map?
The horizontal lines are called latitudes and the vertical lines are called longitudes.
What are the lines on a globe named?
they are called lines of LONGITUDE ( the vertical or up and down lines) and LATITUDE (the horizontal or side to side lines)
What do you call the vertical lines around the globe?
meridians or lines of longitude
Lines that run across the globe east to west are called lines of?
The imaginary line that runs through Greenwich, England is called Prime Meridian. Lines of Latitude encircle the globe horizantally (with the north pole at the top) Lines of Longitude are the vertical lines (with the north pole ar the top)
What do the vertical and horizontal lines in the globe indicated?
latitude and longitude
What are vertical lines called?
They are simply just called lines.
Parts of the globe?
There are two different types of lines: lines of latitude and lines of longitude (also called meridians). The lines of latitude go around the globe horizontally. The center line is the Equator. Lines of longitude go around the globe vertically. The center one is called the Prime Meridian. These different lines together form a grid on a globe that's used to find locations of Earth's surface. The Equator and the Prime Meridian also divide the Earth into Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western hemispheres.
What are the imaginary lines drawn on the globe around the arctic and the antarctic called?
They are called the Arctic Circle and the Antarctic Circle.
What is the difference between longiltude and latitude?
Longitude are the vertical lines found in a map or globe while latitude are the horizontal lines.
What is the name for all the vertical and horizontal lines found on a globe?
They are lines of longitude and latitude, often just longitudes and latitudes.
What are imaginary vertical lines called?
longitude lines?
