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What latitude on earth receives the vertical rays from the sun when earth is a position M?
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Why would you use lines of latitude and longitude?
Lines of latitude and longitude allows any position on the Earth to be plotted.
Lines of latitude are horizontal or vertical?
They are parallel to the earth's equator. So if you consider the equator as being horizontal then they are horizontal.
Longitude and Latitude of Earth?
Since the latitude/longitude coordinates comprise a system invented for the purpose oflocating points on the surface of the earth, alllatitudes and all longitudes are locatedon the earth's surface.
How is longitude and latitude measured?
Longitude and latitude are measured in terms of degrees, minutes and seconds. Longitude has 360 degrees, while latitude 180 degrees of latitude.
What does latitude and longitude measure?
Location of a point on the surface of the earth.
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.
What are Longtitude and latitude determining?
Your physical position on the surface of the earth !
Which part of earth receives the greatest total amount of solar radiation when earth is in position?
South
Where on Earth will a dip needle point most in a vertical position?
equator
Which area of the Earth receives almost-vertical rays of the sun all through the year?
Middle latitudes
What is a map that shows longitude and latitude called?
A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system that enables every location on the Earth to be specified by a set of numbers. The coordinates are often chosen such that one of the numbers represent vertical position, and twoor three of the numbers represent horizontal position. A common choice of coordinates is latitude, longitude and elevation.
Of what use are longitude and latitude?
They help pinnpoint one's position on the earth.
What are horizontal lines on earth called?
horizontal lines represent latitude and vertical lines represent longitude
What does line of latitude indicate?
Latitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the north-south position of a point on the Earth's surface.
Why would you use lines of latitude and longitude?
Lines of latitude and longitude allows any position on the Earth to be plotted.
What location on earth receives most direct sunlight?
On a yearly basis the Earth receives the same amount of sunlight on its total surface. The distribution of light to dark periods is different by latitude and time of year
Why the sun was very hot in noon and why it's size apper smaller?
Because the Earth receives vertical rays.
