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Why are the equator and all lines of longitude called great circles?
The equator and all lines of longitude are called great circles because the represent the circumference of the earth. The other latitude lines along the globe are smaller then the actually circumference.
Are lines of latitude circles of 360 degrees?
yes
What parallel lines split the world?
"Parallels" or "Circles of Latitude".
What are the horizontal lines that form circles and run in the same direction as the equator?
lines of latitude are horizontal lines that form circles and that run in the same direction as the equator
Can two circles be parallel?
The circles could be in 2 planes that are parallel to each other. Lines and planes can be parallel. Lines of latitude are examples of circles that are in parallel planes.
Which parallel of latitude are great circles?
All parallels of latitude, except for the Equator, are not great circles. Great circles are the largest circles that can be drawn on a sphere and pass through its center, whereas small circles do not pass through the center of the sphere.
What are east to west lines that form circles around the equator?
Latitude
Where doe the lines of latitude meet?
Only longitutude crosses latitudinal lines (horizontal circles)
What parallel lines circles the planet?
I think it is lines of latitude. ___________my answer is the tropic of cancer and Capricorn
What are latitude lines known as?
They are known as parallels - a bit of a misnomer, really, because there are no parallel lines on the surface of a sphere: lines of latitude themselves are not lines, but circles, except for the equator.
Why are the Arctic and Antarctic Circles taken as standard?
All lines of latitude are taken as standard. These lines of latitude, however, do wobble with the Earth's wobble.
When you move away from the equator where do meridians go?
Meridians converge at the poles and intersect the equator at 90 degrees. They are all great circle lines called lines of longitude. The equator is a line of latitude and the only line of latitude that is a great circle line. As you move away from the equator the lines of latitude describe smaller and smaller circles round the planet as you approach the poles.
