Latitude and Longitude

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Latitude and Longitude

• Measurement system for all

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Latitude

• Lines that run east-west across the globe
• 0 degrees is the Equator, the center of the globe
• Lines measure north and south of the Equator

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• Usually determines warmth
• The farther North and South you go the colder it
  gets
• The farther North and South the smaller the
  circles

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Key latitude lines

• 0 Equator
• 23 N Tropic of Cancer
• 66 N Arctic Circle
• 23 S Tropic of Capricorn
• 66 S Antarctic Circle

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Longitude

• Lines run North-South up and down the globe
• 0 degrees is the Prime Meridian
• Lines measure East and West of the Prime Meridian

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• Determines time zones
• All the circles are the same size, and intersect
  at the North and South Pole.
• Farthest apart at Equator.

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