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What number of degrees is the line of longitude on the other side of the Earth from the line at 0 degrees longitude?
Travelling all the way around the Earth from the the Prime Meridian (0°) takes you in a circle of 360°Therefore, at the exact opposite side of the Earth as the prime Meridian is 180°.Longitude is measure from 0° to 180° either East or West of Greenwich so it ends at 180°.
How are the prime meridian and the equator different?
The Equator runs east-west and the prime meridian runs north-south.
A meridian is a line of what?
A meridian is a line of constant longitude.
An imaginary line that circles the earth from north to south is called both a?
line of longitude. Or a longitudinal line.
Is a meridian a line of longitude?
Yes. On earth A meridian is a curve on a surface of revolution, formed by the intersection of the surface with a plane containing the axis of revolution thus all lines of longitude are meridians. On Earth the Greenwich meridian is the line of 0 longitude.
What is an imaginary line making a circle around the Earth?
You are referring to the Equator, which bisects the earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. It is located at 0 degrees latitude. In addition, there are innumerable lines of longitude that make complete circles around the earth, that run north and south.
What is line that splits the earth from the top to the bottom?
a line of longitude
What is line of longitude?
A Line of longitude is an invisible line going north to south on the earth. The main one is called the prime meridian.
Does a line of longitude divide the earth into the northern or Southern hemispheres?
No, longitude (the prime meridian) divides the earth into eastern and western hemispheres.
What number of degrees is the line of longitude on the other side of the Earth from the line at 0 degrees longitude?
Travelling all the way around the Earth from the the Prime Meridian (0°) takes you in a circle of 360°Therefore, at the exact opposite side of the Earth as the prime Meridian is 180°.Longitude is measure from 0° to 180° either East or West of Greenwich so it ends at 180°.
What are the 2 major line of longitude?
The major longitude is the Greenwich meridian. The other is the line of longitude on the opposite side of the earth - more or less the International Date Line. Except that it is not a straight pole-to-pole line.
What is the Name the line in the middle of the earth?
The equator or any line of longitude or meridian.
How are the prime meridian and the equator different?
The Equator runs east-west and the prime meridian runs north-south.
How is the Prime Meridian measured-lines of latitude or longitude?
The Prime Meridian is a line of longitude. It's the line made up of every point on earth whose longitude is zero.
Is Springfield illinois closer to the latitude line or the longitude line?
Every point on Earth has a latitude and a longitude. Together, the pair of numbers is different from the numbers of any other point on Earth.
A meridian is a line of what?
A meridian is a line of constant longitude.
What is the name of the line that bisects two parallel lines?
transversal line
