Question

Name five important parallels of latitude

Answer 1

1. artic circle
2. tropic of cancer
3. equator
4. tropic of Capricorn
5. Antarctic circle

Answer 2

Lines of latitude are called parallels and in total there are 180 degrees of latitude.  The distance between each degree of latitude is about 69 miles (110 kilometers).  The five major parallels of latitudes from north to south are called: Arctic Circle, Tropic of Cancer, Equator, Tropic of Capricorn, and the Antarctic Circle. On a maps where the orientation of the map is either due north or due south, latitude appears as horizontal lines.