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Why are the north and south poles shown with dots instead of lines?
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∙ 12y ago
Because the poles are points.
If you stick a pencil through the middle of an apple, you can grab the ends of
the pencil and spin the apple just exactly like the Earth spins. The pencil would
be the "axis" of the apple's rotation.
The Earth doesn't have a pencil sticking through it, but it spins just as if it did have,
and we can imagine the axis of the Earth's rotation. The points where the axis sticks
out of the Earth are the north and south poles. They're only points.
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Why do longitude lines converge while latitude lines do not?
Longitude lines show the number of degrees east and west of the Prime Meridian. They are farthest apart at the equator and converge to a single dot at the north and south poles. Latitude lines show distance north and south from the equator. Because they are parallel to the equator, they never converge. Latitude at 90o north and south can be shown only as a dot, not a line.
Which best describes latitude?
Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter phi gives the location of a place on Earth (or other planetary body) north or south of the equator. Lines of Latitude are the horizontal lines shown running east-to-west on maps. Technically, latitude is an angular measurement in degrees (marked with °) ranging from 0° at the equator (low latitude) to 90° at the poles (90° N for the North Pole or 90° S for the South Pole; high latitude). The complementary angle of a latitude is called the colatitude.
On a topographic map relief is shown using what?
countour intervals
There are what degrees between the lines of latitude shown on this map?
grid lines of longitude and latitude
How are gradual elevations shown on a topographical map?
Gradual elevations shown on a topographical map by widely spaced contour lines.
Why do longitude lines converge while latitude lines do not?
Longitude lines show the number of degrees east and west of the Prime Meridian. They are farthest apart at the equator and converge to a single dot at the north and south poles. Latitude lines show distance north and south from the equator. Because they are parallel to the equator, they never converge. Latitude at 90o north and south can be shown only as a dot, not a line.
Is latitude going east to west and longitude going north to south?
Latitude is the distance of a point north or south of the equator in degrees, minutes, and seconds. Latitude lines on a globe are parallel lines circling the planet north and south of the equator.Longitude is the distance of a point east or west of the Prime (Greenwich) Meridian in degrees, minutes, and seconds. Longitude lines are shown on a globe as regularly spaced vertical lines between the north and south poles.
How is latitude shown on the map?
The lines going up and down (vertical) from the south pole and north pole
What is layer shading in Geography?
it's the same as layer colouring, it's when instead of using contour lines, heights are shown by different colours
Is altitude north and south?
Altitude is height above the ground. Latitude and Longitude are map coordinates. Lines of Latitude are the horizontal lines shown running east-to-west on maps and locate your position on the globe in the North-South direction.
What lines that represent lines in the background and are shown as dashed lines on the drawing?
Hidden lines.
Which best describes latitude?
Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter phi gives the location of a place on Earth (or other planetary body) north or south of the equator. Lines of Latitude are the horizontal lines shown running east-to-west on maps. Technically, latitude is an angular measurement in degrees (marked with °) ranging from 0° at the equator (low latitude) to 90° at the poles (90° N for the North Pole or 90° S for the South Pole; high latitude). The complementary angle of a latitude is called the colatitude.
describe the lines of longtitude?
They are also known as meridians. They all meet at the poles, North & South. On maps and charts they are generally shown to be 10 or 15 degrees apart. At 10 degrees it represents approximately 700 miles at the equator, 350 miles at latitudes 60 N & S. and as mentioned above they all meet at a point at the poles. At 15 degrees it represents 1 hour between noon on the two adjacent 15 degree longitude. So at 0(zero) longitude being noon, then 15 degrees E is 1;00 pm and 15 degrees W is 11;00 am.
Which statement must be true about the lines shown?
A+
What is the most interesting fact about christopher Columbus?
Recent research has shown he was Spanish not Italian.
What do magnetic field lines that curve away from each other show?
The difficulty of attempting to measure something, without altering it by the attempt, is well shown in attempting to measure magnetic field lines.First, the lines of magnetic force are an artificial construct - in the same way as many contour lines are.Consider the 'field lines' between two poles of a magnetic. The magnetic field concerned will vary in a perfectly smooth manner as one moves away from the most central position between the two poles, to the positions most remote from the poles. There is no reason to believe that any one curve between the poles is preferred over any other; or any more real.When we sprinkle iron filings on the region between the two poles, we alter the properties of the field in a most egregious manner.The iron filings are ferromagnetic, and an individual filing thus concentrates the field in its region. AND the individual filing will have its own North and South pole.These filings will form a chain of interconnected filings, each with its own N and S poles, and attracted to the N and S poles of the next filing in that line.At the same time, the N and S poles of an individual filing will REPEL from adjacent similar fields. Thus there will appear to be lines of filings, roughly parallel to each other, and becoming closer as they approach the high intensity of the magnet's real poles.A similar problem will occur when attempting to measure the strength of an electrostatic field. For any dust sensitive to an electrostatic field will attract surplus electrons to itself, thus distorting the image of the field.
What is the range of values shown for the vty lines?
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