Question

11. Read the following paragraph and comment on it
The horizontal circel that goes round the Globe exactly in the middle, al equal dis
tance from the north and south polen is called the equator', because it divides carth into two)
equal parts. This is the circle designated as o latitude. Following the way angles are desig
nated in geometry, latitudes are expressed in degrees(9), minutes(4), and seconds()In many
atlases, you will not find the minutes and seconda
From the equator, going towards the poles are a series of parallel circles. Each circle
is called a latitude. 'Latitude' comes to us from the Latin word "latitudo' meaning width
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Answer 1

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Explanation:

The equator is the circle that is equidistant from the North Pole and South Pole. It divides the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere. Of the parallels or circles of latitude, it is the longest, and the only 'great circle' (a circle on the surface of the Earth, centered on Earth's center).