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What do the lines on a globe do?
Some maps and globes have 'lines' printed on them, and some don't. If there are lines on the globe, they're a convenience to help you estimate the location of a place you might want to find again later, by giving you a scale of numbers to measure the spot against. They're 'scales' for measuring, just like the marks on a ruler. But instead of making you use a ruler and try to wrap it around the globe, they print the rulers right on the globe for you.
What are the lines that run horizontally CIRCLING the globe?
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What are two names for the lines that run east to west on a globe?
They are the lines of latitude, and they are also called parallels.
What is another name for the lines that run across the globe east-west called besides latitude?
The lines on the globe are not called "latitude", any more than the marks on a thermometer are called "temperature". The lines on the globe that mark intervals of latitude are called "parallels" of latitude.
What are the imaginary lines on the globe and map?
The horizontal lines are called latitudes and the vertical lines are called longitudes.
What are the lines on the globe that look like a checkerboard called?
the lines on the globe are called longitude and latitude lines the longitude lines go up and down while the latitude lines go left to right
What does a checkerboard look like?
Just google image checkerboard.
How many lines in the parallel line in your globe?
As many as you like.
Line that goes around the globe like a belt parallel lines?
Equator latitude lines
What was the purpose of checkerboard marked football fields?
In the early years of American football, the field had vertical lines as well as horizontal lines, creating the "gridiron" (or checkerboard) effect. The rule was that each play would begin in the square at which the previous play ended. The vertical lines were replaced by hash marks sometime around 1910-11.
When was the checkerboard invented?
What is the history of the checkerboard
What globe lines that are always the same distance apart?
"Parallels" of latitude. Those are the lines that are drawn horizontal on the globe or map.
What does a checkerboard game look like?
The board in the game of checkers has 64 squares. The squares alternate in color along the horizontal and vertical lines. They are arranged in eight rows of eight squares each.
What is latuide?
the horazontal lines on a globe
In what way can the imaginary lines on the globe help?
The imaginary lines on the globe helps because it divides the Northern Hemisphere from Southern Hemisphere. Therefore, imaginary lines are helpful.
Do the lines of measure the distance north and south or east and west on the globe?
The lines of latitude on a globe measure the distance east and west.
Are the parallel lines on a globe called longitude or latitude lines?
Latitude.
