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Answer the following questions.
What are latitudes? Name four important latitudes.
Differentiate between latitudes and longitudes.
What is the prime meridian?
. What is a grid?
State the importance of the International Date Line
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Answers
Explanation:
Important lines of latitude:
the equator (0°)
the Tropic of Cancer (23.5° north)
the Tropic of Capricorn (23.5° south)
the Arctic circle (66.5° north)
the Antarctic circle (66.5° south)
the North Pole (90° north)
the South Pole (90° south)
The four important latitudes are (1) Tropic of Cancer (23½°N) (2) Tropic of Capricorn (23½°S)
(3) Arctic Circle at 66½°north of the equator (4) Antartic Circle 66½°south of the equator
LATITUDE
It runs from east to west
They are parallel never meet each other
Lines of latitudes are called parallel and in total there are 180 degrees of latitude
LONGITUDE
It runs from north to south
They are not parallel and meet at poles
There are 360 degrees of longitude.Lines of longitudes are called longitudinal line of 0°is called prime meridian
0°meridian which passes through Greenwich observatory in London is called Prime meridian.
Grid is a network of parallels of lattitudes and meridians of longitudes.
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