Why are lines of latitude called parallets?

Answer 1

Because . . .

-- Any two that you pick keep the same distance apart wherever you look.

-- Whichever two you pick never touch or cross.

That description is exactly the same as the description of parallel lines on a

flat surface.

Answer 2

latitudes are also known as parallels because they run parallel to each other around the earth

Any two lines of constant latitude that you choose are always the same distance apart,

no matter where you measure them, and they never cross or touch anywhere.

All of this is just like parallel lines in a plane.

The 'meridians' of longitude don't behave that way. They all converge (meet, come together)

at the north and south poles.

Answer 3

You can select any two 'lines' of latitude, and you'll discover that they're the same

distance apart everywhere, and that they never touch or intersect anywhere. In

these respects, they're analogous to parallel lines on a plane surface.

Answer 4

because two latitudes never intersect each other

parallels are those lines which never intersect each other

for example,railway track

Answer 5

Because they are parallel to the equator and each other (i.e. they never intersect).

Answer 6

Because whatever two lines of constant latitude you choose, they're the same distance

apart everywhere and they never cross, just like parallel lines on a flat plane.

Answer 7

Because no two lines of latitude ever meet or cross, and any two of them

are the same distance apart everywhere.