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Are the north-south globe lines always the same distance apart?
No, the north-south globe lines, known as longitude lines, are not always the same distance apart. The distance between longitude lines decreases as you move towards the poles. At the equator, longitude lines are farthest apart, while at the poles, they converge at a single point.
What do you call the lines on a map or globe that meet at the north and south poles?
Meridians - or lines of longitude.
What is the lines that run north and south on a globe and intersect the poles?
If you pick a longitude and mark a dot at every point on Earth with that longitude, the dots will form a line between the north and south poles. The imaginary line is called the "meridian" of that longitude.
Do great circles on a globe have to pass through the North and South poles?
All lines of longitude meet at the poles; none pass through. No lines of latitude connect at or pass through either pole.
Why do longitudes meet at poles?
Longitudes are lines that run north to south on a globe. At the poles, longitudes converge and meet because all lines of longitude, or meridians, come together at a single point. This means that at the poles, there is no east or west direction left to differentiate between, so the longitudes effectively merge together.
Imaginary lines that run north and south between the poles It is also known as lines of longitude?
Meridians
Do lines of latitude divide the globe into things called poles?
No they do not
Is latitude going east to west and longitude going north to south?
Latitude is the distance of a point north or south of the equator in degrees, minutes, and seconds. Latitude lines on a globe are parallel lines circling the planet north and south of the equator.Longitude is the distance of a point east or west of the Prime (Greenwich) Meridian in degrees, minutes, and seconds. Longitude lines are shown on a globe as regularly spaced vertical lines between the north and south poles.
What are the lines that run north and south on a globe?
The lines on a globe that run north and south are called lines of longitude, or meridians. They measure distance east or west from the arbitrary Prime Meridian or Greenwich Meridian, established as 0° longitude.
The distance between the longitudes decreases towards?
The distance between the longitudes decreases towards the poles. This is because the lines of longitude converge towards the poles, resulting in shorter distances between them as you move towards the North or South Pole.
At which point on the globe do the north-south geographic lines of reference converge after crossing the equator at right angles?
All of the meridians of longitude converge at the north and south poles.
What is the refernce line for latitude?
The lines of longitude run up north and south and down from the poles. Lines of latitude run parallel North and South to the equator. I remember the difference between latitude and longitude because the lines of latitude look like the rungs of a ladder (geddit) as they go around the globe. JCF
