Longitude and Latitude

It is a three-dimensional representation of the Earth.

(a)  

It described and determined by means of the position or location of any place on the Earth's surface.

• Earth's Grid / Coordinates System

• Prime Meridian

• International Dateline

• Map

It is the measurement on a globe or map of a place north or south of the equator and also called as Parallels.

(a)  

Called the great circle around the Earth that is equidistant from the geographic poles and lies in a plane perpendicular to the Earth's axis. It divides the Earth halfway into the Northern and Southern hemispheres at 0 degrees latitude and forms the imaginary reference line.

• Longitude

• Latitude

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

The part of the world between these two parallel lines is called the tropics. Countries that are located in this zone experience a tropical climate. What are the two tropical parallel lines

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Pieces

• Tropic of Sagittarius

in these zones go through four seasons – winter, spring summer, and autumn.

(a)  

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The areas within the Arctic Circle and Antarctic Circle are called the polar regions. What is the other term for the Polar Region?

• Ref Zone

• Antarctic Zone

• Arctic Zone

• Frigid Zone

What are the lines which run from north to south?

(a)  

Name the longitudinal line which passes through Greenwich, England.

• Ante-Meridian

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• Longitude

As a reference point, the prime meridian is read as 0º longitude. The degree increases as it moves westward or eastward until it reaches the longitude opposite to the prime meridian which is 180 º longitude. What is the name of this special longitudinal line.

• Ante-Meridian

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Coordinates