LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE TOPIC

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Latitude and longitude are used to pinpoint the
position of a place on the surface of the Earth.
These lines form an imaginary grid over the
surface.
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LATITUDE
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The Equator, which goes around the widest part of
the earth, is the main line of latitude. It
divides the earth into two HEMI-SPHERES or halves
- the northern hemisphere and the southern
hemisphere.
Other lines of latitude are drawn parallel to the
Equator. Therefore they go around the earth and
give the position north and south of the equator.
They are measured in degrees.
Northern hemisphere
Southern hemisphere
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NORTH POLE

• The North Pole is at 90 N and the South Pole is
  at 90 S.
• Other important lines of latitude are the-
• Arctic Circle
• Tropic of Cancer
• Tropic of Capricorn
• Antarctic Circle.

Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
SOUTH POLE
Fill in the blanks in your handout from this
slide. Now stick your handout into your jotter.
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Lines of latitude go around the Earth and give
the position north and _ _ _ _ _ of the _ _ _ _ _
_ . The Equator is the 0 line of latitude. The
_ _ _ _ _ Pole is 90 .

Choose from
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LONGITUDE
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Lines of longitude are drawn from the North to
the South Pole.
The most important line or prime meridian is also
called the Greenwich Meridian because it passes
through Greenwich, near London. Lines of
longitude go up and down on the globe and tell
you how far east or west a place is from
Greenwich.
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What would happen if you were to travel east
until you reached 180 E, and a friend travelled
west until they reached 180 W?
You would both end up in the same place! (but one
would be a day ahead of the other! ) Longitude
180 E and longitude 180 W are the same. This
line is known as the International Date Line.
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Fill in the blanks in your handout from this
slide.
(On the far side of the planet !)
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down South Greenwich up west
Choose from-
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Using the Student atlas page 114-115 find the
Equator and then the Greenwich Meridian (it is
not named, so just look for longitude 0 .)
1. Which continents are located entirely in a)
the northern hemisphere. b) the southern
hemisphere. 2. Which two continents are partly
in the northern and southern hemispheres? 3.
Name a country in each of the following a) the
northern hemisphere b) the southern
hemisphere c) the western hemisphere d) the
eastern hemisphere
Try an extension!
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• Extension
• Name three countries found
• along the equator
• b) in both the northern and western hemispheres
• c) in both the southern and eastern hemispheres

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This is the end of the latitude/longitude
topic! You now have a homework task on the work
you have been taught.
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