If you travel 10 degrees of longitude along the equator the distance traveled will be very diffrent from the distance traveled through 10 degrees of longitude at 60 degrees n latitude why?

Answer 1

Yes, because lines of longitude converge at the poles. The distance between longitude lines will always decrease the further you are from the equator. Lines of latitude remain equidistant.

This is why no map is always accurate. Think of peeling an orange and try laying it flat on the table.

Answer 2

Because all meridians of longitude converge at the north and south poles.

So the distance between any pair of them depends on your position north

or south of the equator, i.e. your latitude.

Answer 3

At the equator, traveling 10 degrees of longitude covers a greater distance in terms of kilometers because the lines of longitude are closest together at the poles and spread out as they move towards the equator. At 60 degrees north latitude, the lines of longitude are closer together than at the equator, so traveling 10 degrees of longitude covers a shorter distance compared to the equator.

Answer 4

Lines of longitude converge at the poles.