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∙ 11y ago-- Name any two latitudes you choose. (except 90 degrees north or south)
-- Place a dot on the globe at every point on Earth that has the first latitude.
(If your time is limited and you can't mark every one of the infinite number of them,
then mark only enough of them so that the line on which they all lie begins to emerge.)
-- Place a dot on the globe at every point on Earth that has the second latitude.
(If your time is limited and you can't mark every one of the infinite number of them,
then mark only enough of them so that the line on which they all lie begins to emerge.)
-- The two lines on the globe ... each line being the locus of all points on Earth
having one of the latitudes you named ... share the following properties:
. . . . . They are the same distance apart everywhere on Earth.
. . . . . They neither touch nor intersect anywhere, nor have they any points in common.
-- These properties so strongly resemble the description of parallel lines on a
flat plane, that the curved ones on the globe are called "parallels" of latitude.
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Why there are 181 parallels latitudes?
This is because there are 90 latitudes above the equator, 90 latitudes below the equator and one is the equator itself.....so when we add them up (including the equator) we get 181.
The basic unit of measurement for parallels of latitudes is the?
The basic unit of measurement for parallels of latitude is the degree. There are 180 degrees from the North Pole to the South Pole.
Another name for longitude?
Latitudes are line Parallel to the equator placed equidistance on both sides. they are therfore some times called paralles and longitude is somtimes meridian hopes this helps:D
Do lines of latitude have names?
There are five named latitudes: * The Arctic Circle, * The Tropic of Cancer, * The equator, * The Tropic of Capricorn and * The Antarctic Circle.
What is another name for latitude?
Sometimes they will be called parallels. The middle is the equator (as you know.).
What are the parallels and latitudes on maps?
Parallels are lines that go up and down the map, latitudes are lines that go across the map from side to side.
What are the 5 main parallels of latitude?
There are five important parallels of latitudes. They are:EquatorTropic of CancerTropic of CapricornArctic CircleAntarctic Circle
What happens to the distance between latitudes or parallels as you approach the pole?
Nothing.
Do parallel liines lie on the same plane?
They usually do. But latitudes, which measure distances from the equator and which, on earth, are called the parallels of latitude, do not lie in a plane.
Are longitudes and latitudes parallels lines?
Latitude lines are parallel but not longitude lines.
Why there are 181 parallels latitudes?
This is because there are 90 latitudes above the equator, 90 latitudes below the equator and one is the equator itself.....so when we add them up (including the equator) we get 181.
What are meridians of longitudes and parallels of latitudes?
Name the two meridians east of the meridian on this map.
The basic unit of measurement for parallels of latitudes is the?
The basic unit of measurement for parallels of latitude is the degree. There are 180 degrees from the North Pole to the South Pole.
Why wre latitudes otherwise called as parallels?
Because unlike lines of longitude which converge on the poles, lines of latitude are parallel to each other: that is, they never converge.
What are parallels are called as?
Parallels are referred to as lines that never intersect and maintain the same distance apart from each other at all points. They represent a relationship of uniformity and constant separation.
Temperate zones are also called what latitudes?
Temperate zones are found between 30 and 60 degrees latitude. They are characterized by wet cold winters, dry warm summers. The parallels (as the latitudes are sometime known as) are the climate most agreeable for deciduous trees.
What are low degree latitudes called?
Another name for Low latitudes are PARALLELS.
