Longitude is measured by imaginary lines that run around the Earth vertically (up and down) and meet at the North and South Poles. These lines are known as meridians.
Q. What are lines that measure north and south of the equator?
Latitude is the measurement of distance north or south of the Equator. It is measured with 180 imaginary lines that form circles around the Earth east-west, parallel to the Equator. These lines are known as parallels.
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- Q. What are lines that measure north and south of the equator?
- Q. What is an imaginary line measuring North or South on a map running north to south?
- Q. What are the three imaginary lines?
- Q. What are the horizontal lines on the globe?
- Q. Which two hemispheres is number 4 located?
- Q. What are the important lines of latitude?
- Q. Which continents are spread in all the four hemispheres?
- Q. What is an example of a hemisphere?
- Q. What is a good sentence for hemisphere?
- Q. How do you explain the equator to a child?
- Q. What is the equator Grade 5?
Q. What is an imaginary line measuring North or South on a map running north to south?
Meridians. Imaginary lines that run north and south on a map from pole to pole. Meridians express degrees of longitude, or how far a place is away from the prime meridian. The prime meridian runs through Greenwich, England.
Q. What are the three imaginary lines?
Longitude, the prime meridian, the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer. Any axis about which an object spins is an imaginary line.
Q. What are the horizontal lines on the globe?
Horizontal mapping lines on Earth are lines of latitude. They are known as “parallels” of latitude, because they run parallel to the equator.
Q. Which two hemispheres is number 4 located?
Any circle drawn around the Earth divides it into two equal halves called hemispheres. There are generally considered to be four hemispheres: Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western….Vocabulary.
| Term | Part of Speech | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| climate | noun | all weather conditions for a given location over a period of time. |
Q. What are the important lines of latitude?
Important lines of latitude:
- the equator (0°)
- the Tropic of Cancer (23.5° north)
- the Tropic of Capricorn (23.5° south)
- the Arctic circle (66.5° north)
- the Antarctic circle (66.5° south)
- the North Pole (90° north)
- the South Pole (90° south)
Q. Which continents are spread in all the four hemispheres?
While several of the world’s continents are traversed by the separation between two hemispheres, there is only one continent in the world that lies in all four hemispheres: Africa. This geography fact also means that Africa is the only continent to have land both at the Equator and the Prime Meridian.
Q. What is an example of a hemisphere?
Hemisphere is defined as half of the world, globe or brain. An example of hemisphere is the southern part of the world. An example of hemisphere is the left side of the brain. Any of the halves into which the celestial sphere is divided by either the celestial equator or the ecliptic.
Q. What is a good sentence for hemisphere?
1. If you cut a round fruit into two, each half is a hemisphere. 2. This weather pattern of the southern hemisphere has no parallel in the north.
Q. How do you explain the equator to a child?
An equator is an imaginary line around the middle of a planet or other celestial body. It is halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole, at 0 degrees latitude. An equator divides the planet into a Northern Hemisphere and a Southern Hemisphere.
Q. What is the equator Grade 5?
Ans. Equator is the 0˚ latitude. It runs through the centre of the globe, halfway between the north pole and the south pole which are at 90˚. The Equator divides the earth into two equal halves called hemispheres.
