Question

Match the words with the longitude or latitude parallel vertical or horizontal on the world map

Answer 1

The longest latitude line is the Equator, which is the only line of latitude that is a Great Circle (a line which divides the Earth into two equal parts).

Tell students that the lines running across the page are lines of latitude, and the lines running up and down the page are lines of longitude. Latitude runs 0–90° north and south. Longitude runs 0–180° east and west.

But instead of being straight lines on a flat surface, Lat/Long lines encircle the Earth, either as horizontal circles or vertical half circles. Horizontal mapping lines on Earth are lines of latitude. They are known as "parallels" of latitude, because they run parallel to the equator.