Question

what are latitudes and longitiudes? What does the equator and prime meridian do? ​

Answer 1

Answer:

What are latitudes and longitiudes?

Both longitude and latitude are angles measured with the center of the earth as an origin. A longitude is an angle from the prime merdian, measured to the east (longitudes to the west are negative). Latitudes measure an angle up from the equator (latitudes to the south are negative).

What does the equator and prime meridian do?

The Prime Meridian divides the globe into Eastern and Western hemispheres, just as the equator divides the globe into Northern and Southern hemispheres. The Prime Meridian is at 0 degrees longitude, just as the equator is at 0 degrees latitude. Use a time zone map to locate the Prime Meridian and Greenwich, England.

Answer 2

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Explanation:

Longitude lines run north-south and mark the position east-west of a point. Therefore, latitude is the angular distance east or west of the Prime Meridian. ... Lines of longitude run from pole to pole, crossing the equator at right angles. All lines of longitude are equal in length.