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Lines of Latitude are.... |
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- Lines that go around the globe from east to west are LINES OF LATITUDE, or PARALLELS.
- They tell you how far north or south of the equator you are.
- They are measured from the equator in degrees - everything North of the equator is labeled N and everything South of the equator is labeled S.
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How many degrees are there from the equator to the
(a) North Pole?
(b) South Pole/ |
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90 ° (degrees)
There are 90 degrees from the equator to the North Pole (top of globe) and 90 degress from the equator to the South Pole (bottom of globe). |
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- Latitude lines measure the distance from the equator - either north or south of the equator.
- Latitude lines run from east to west.
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| Lines of latitude look like circles around the globe and because they run parallel to equator, they are also called paralles |
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| What are the usual parallels we see on a map or glibe |
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| Lines of parallels are usually 5°, 10°, 15° or 20° apart |
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| What does a ship use at sea to find its location? |
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| An instrument that gives the ship's distance north or south of the equator |
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| How is latitude measured? |
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| When would a latitude line not have a N or S after its reading? |
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| When it is directly on the equator |
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| A degree of latitude is about how far on the face of the earth |
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| A degree of latitude is about 70 miles on the face of the earth. It is about the same number of miles anywhere on the earth. |
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| 10° N is about how many miles from the equator? |
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10° is about 700 miles North of the Equator.
(1° = 70 miles so 10° = 700 miles) |
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| How many miles apart are 10° N and 10° S? |
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The distance between 10° N and 10° S = 20°.
10° = 700 miles s0
20 x 70 = 1,400 miles |
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| What are the 4 special parallels on maps and what are they used for? |
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These 4 special parallels help us locate temperature belts. They are:
- Tropic of Cancer 23 1/2° N
- Tropic of Capricorn 23 1/2° S
- Artic Circle 66 1/2°N
- Antartic Circle is 66 1/2° S
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| Lands between the Tropic of Cancer 23 1/2°N and the Tropic of Capricorn 23 1/2° S. It is nearly always warm or hot in the Low Latitues. |
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Also known as Polar Zones.
Includes the Artic Circle 66 1/2°N in the Northern Hemisphere (top of globe) and the Antarctic Circle 66 1/2° S in the Southern Hemispere (bottom of globe).
It is very cold in these zones.
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| The North Pole is in the center of what circle? |
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| Artic Circle 66 1/2° N in the Northern Hemishere (top of the globe) |
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- The area in each hemishpere between the Polar Circles and the Tropics are called the Middle Latitudes.
- These are the latitudes where we have four seasons.
- There is more land in this belt in the Northern Hemisphere than in the Southern Hemisphere.
- Most people live in the Middle Latitudes
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| What is the name given to 23 1/2° N |
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| Where is the Artic Circle? |
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| Where is the Tropic of Capricorn? |
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| Why is it important that we know about temperature zones? |
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| So we know where we (people) can live? |
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- The line that runs from the North Pole through Greenwich (in England) to the South Pole.
- We measure the distance of places east or west of this line.
- We call this distance (from the Prime Meridian) the Longitude of a place
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- Longitude is the distance East or West a location is from the Prime Meridian.
- Lines that go from North Pole to South Pole
- They are measure in degrees
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| In what directions do meridians run? |
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| meridians run North pole to South pole. |
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| What is the highest reading of longitude? |
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| To give the exact location of a place, we have to provide what information? |
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| Both it's longitude and its latitude so we known how far it is from the Prime Meridian and the Equator. |
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| Why and when did nations decide to make eh Greenwich meridian the zero meridian? |
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- At one time every country decided on its own line from which distances were measured eart or west and it was confusing.
- In 1884, important nations agreed to use the same line as the "zero" longitude line and called it Prime Meridian
- Prime Meridian goes from North Pole through Greenwich, England to the South Pole.
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| Each Time Belt is how many degrees of longitude wide? |
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15°
Each time belt is 15° of longitude wide |
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| How many time belts do we have in the United States and what are they called? |
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| In North American (united states) we have FOUR time belts. They are EASTERN, CENTRAL, MOUNTAIN and PACIFIC time. |
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| What time belt is Philadelphia in? |
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| When it is 12 noon in the Eastern Time Belt what time is in the Central Time Belt? Mountain Time Belt? Pacific Time belt? |
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Eastern = 12 noon
Central = 11 am
Mountain = 9 am
Pacific = 8am
There is 3 hours between the Eastern and Pacific Time Belts |
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| How many continents are there and what are their names? |
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7 continents:
North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and Antartica |
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| What continents are in North America? |
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| North America, Africa, Asia and Europe |
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