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Latitude lines.

What helps me remember this is the word "latter", which sounds like "latitude". Ladders go up and down, and the lines MEASURE up and down (north and south).

Longitude measures left and right (east and west), and can be remembered from the word "long".

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What types of lines run north and south but measure east and west of the prime meridian?

Latitude: Lines the run North and South but measure east and west.


What are lines of latitude and what do they measure?

The lines of latitude are the North and South lines on the globe. They measure the time changes there are in areas.


What are the lines that measure north and south on the globe?

The Equator.


Imaginary lines used to measure distances north and south of the Equator are lines of?

Lines of latitude are imaginary lines used to measure distances north and south of the Equator or 0 degrees.


Is this statement true or false Longitude lines are imaginary lines that measure distances south and north of the equator.?

False. Longitude lines are imaginary lines that measure distances east and west of the Prime Meridian. The lines that measure distances north and south of the equator are called latitude lines.


What are the imaginary lines that measure distance north to south of the equator?

parallel lines, or lines of latitude.


Do you of latitude go from north to south or from east to west?

north or south. longitude is east or west.


What lines measure the distance north and south of the equator?

Lines of latitude. Longitude is from Pole to Pole.


What lines measure distances north or south of the equator?

Longitude


These lines measure distance north and south of the equator?

Latitude


Latitude lines measure distance in what directions?

Lines of latitude are imaginary lines that run parallel to the equator and form part of a grid used to describe where on the earth you are. They are often called parallels.


Lines of latitude measure the distance north and south of the?

Lines of latitude measure the distance north and south of the equator, which is the imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. The equator is located at 0 degrees latitude.