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Latitude
- Lines of Latitude are
the horizontal lines shown running east-to-west
on maps. This gives the location of any place on
Earth north or south of the equator.
Equator
- is an imaginary line on the
Earth's surface set equal distance from the North
Pole and South Pole. It thus divides the Earth
into a Northern Hemisphere and a Southern
Hemisphere.
Longitude
- Lines of Longitude are the
vertical lines shown running north-to-south on
maps. describes the location of a place on Earth
east or west of a north-south line called the
Prime Meridian.
The prime meridian
- and the opposite 180th
meridian (at 180° longitude), which the
International Date Line generally follows,
separate the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
The Prime Meridian and the 180th meridian
form a great circle which encircles the Earth like
a longitudinal equator.
Name ________________________________________________________________ Number ________________
Label the Prime Meridian and the Equator. Then label each line of latitude and longitude according to its
measurement in degrease.