Question

What is the name given to the Semi-circles that connect both the poles?

Answer 1

meridians of longitude connects the north and south pole.

Answer 2

Answer:

Longitude

Explanation:

The semicircles that connect both of the earth's North and South poles are called lines of the longitude.

Longitude lines are vertical lines running from the North Pole to the South Pole, parallel to latitude lines. Every longitude line also crosses the equator. Because longitude lines are not parallel, they are referred to as meridians and are the half circles that run from pole to pole.

The distance between longitude degrees at the equator is approximately 60 nautical miles. As the longitude lines converge to the poles, it is less further to the north or south.