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What is any circle that runs east and west around the Earth and that is parallel to the equator, a line of latitude. (Tip: circle, east-west, parallel, latitude)

• equator

• latitude

• longitude

• parallels

What is the circle halfway between the North and South Poles?

• equator

• latitude

• longitude

• parallels

What is the angular distance north or south from the equator that is expressed in degrees?

• equator

• latitude

• longitude

• parallels

What is the angular distance east or west of the Prime Meridian that is expressed in degrees?

• equator

• latitude

• longitude

• parallels

Quotation Mark "

• hour

• minute

• second

• day

Apostrophe '

• hour

• minute

• second

• day

56.49020-4.9373 is an example of?

• Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)

• Degrees, Minutes (DM)

• Decimal Degrees

36^o 28' 214" N 98^o 9' 434.2" W is an example of?

• Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)

• Degrees, Minutes (DM)

• Decimal Degrees

What is the semicircle that runs north and south from the geographic North Pole to the geographic South Pole , a line of longitude?

• parallels

• Prime Meridian

• equator

• Meridian

What is the international agreement that is labeled 0 degrees and runs through Greenwich, England and runs east to west.

• parallels

• Prime Meridian

• equator

• Meridian