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Parallels are also called lines of constant latitude, on maps and globes.

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The lines of latitude are also known as parallels true or false?

True


What are lines on maps that indicate latitude also known as?

These lines of latitude are called parallels.


Is another name for a line of latitude?

Linesof latitude are also known as circles of latitude or parallels.


Is latitude and parallels related?

Circles of latitude are also know as parallels.


Lines of longitude called what?

Meridians of longitude; parallels of latitude. Remember that meridians are all the same length (20,000 km) and that they meet at the poles. Parallels are, well, parallel, and are different lengths, the longest being the Equator.


What Parallel lines on maps?

Lines of latitude are known as parallels.


What imaginary lines are numbered in degrees north and south of the equator?

Lines of latitude, also known as parallels, are numbered in degrees north and south of the equator. The equator itself is 0 degrees latitude, while the North Pole is 90 degrees north latitude and the South Pole is 90 degrees south latitude.


What are also called parallels?

They are also called latitude or degrees of latitude


What do you call the invisible linesthat run east to west on a map?

Those lines are called lines of latitude. They are also known as parallels as they run parallel to the equator.


Parallels are used to measure longitude or latitude?

latitude longitudes are known as meridians


What is another name for lines of latitude do these lines run in a north-south or east-west direction?

Lines of latitude, also know as parallels, run east-west. They measure the angular distance north and south of the equator.


Imaginary lines connecting places of the same latitude are known as?

Imaginary lines connecting places of the same latitude are known as parallels. These lines run parallel to the Equator and help in measuring distances on the Earth's surface horizontally.