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Latitude and Longitude

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1 Latitude and Longitude

2 LONGITUDE Imaginary lines running from North to South that are used to measure distances from the Prime Meridian. (below in red)

3 Prime Meridian The imaginary line which runs from North pole to South pole through Greenwich, England. It is from this line the East and west are determined.

4 MERIDIANS Name for the lines of longitude

5 LATITUDE Imaginary lines running east and west that are used to measure distances from the Earth’s equator

6 EQUATOR The great imaginary circle around the middle of the earth that separates North from South.

7 parallels The name for the lines of latitude

8 Globe A sphere on which a map of the Earth is placed.

9 POLES Either of the 2 extreme positions north or south on the Earth

10 DEGREES Units of measurement for latitude and longitude. There are 360 of them in a circle.

11 CARDINAL DIRECTIONS The four main directions on a globe or map.


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