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Longitude Latitude
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Science
6th Grade
10/08/2013

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Term

Latitude

 

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Definition

A geographic coordinate that specifies the north-south

position of a point on the earths surface relative to

the equator

Term

Longitude

 

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Definition

The location of a place relative to the Prime Meridian

which run north-south through Greenwich, England

Term

Prime Meridian

 

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Definition

The meridian running through Greenwich, England from

which longitude east and west is reckoned

Term

Equator

 

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Definition

A line collecting all the points equal distance between

the north and the south poles, the zero degree line

Term

International Date Line

 

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Definition

A theoretical line following approximately the 180th

meridian

Term

Compass Rose

 

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Definition
Used on maps to indicate the points of the compass
Term

Greenwich, England

 

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Definition
A place in the world
Term

GPS

 

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Definition
A global positioning system
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