What are parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude?

Answer 1

Parallels, also called lines of Latitude, measure the distance (in degrees) either North or south of the equator.

90 Degrees N = North Pole

0 Degrees = Equator

90 Degrees S = South Pole

Answer 2

Parallels of latitude are imaginary east-west circles on Earth's surface that indicate the distance north or south of the equator, while meridians of longitude are imaginary north-south lines that run from the North Pole to the South Pole, indicating the distance east or west of the Prime Meridian. Both are used to establish coordinates and locate positions on Earth's surface.

Answer 3

Parallels on a globe are lines of Latitude that measure degrees North or South from the Equator.

Lines of Longitude are NOT parallel, because they converge at the poles. They are widest at the equator and closest toward the poles.

Answer 4

Every parallel of latitude is equally important, but there are five of them that have some physical significance beyond being a specific number.

The equator, at latitude zero, is the midpoint of the Earth as defined by its axis of rotation.

Because the Earth's axis of rotation is "tilted" compared to the ecliptic (the ecliptic is the plane of Earth's orbital path around the Sun), the Sun's apparent position in the sky can vary north or south of the equator by 23 degrees 26 minutes and a few seconds, and this can vary a few seconds each year. The lines of latitude that represent the farthest northward and southward path of the Sun are called the Tropic of Cancer (north) and the Tropic of Capricorn (south).

Similar parallels of latitude that represent the locations where the Sun is just at the horizon at midnight and noon. These are the Arctic Circle (north) and the Antarctic Circle (south) at 66 degrees 34 minutes north and south respectively.

Answer 5

Name the two meridians east of the meridian on this map.

Answer 6

Horizontal lines on a map or globe that show the distance north or south of the Equator.

Answer 7

Parallels are two lines that have the exact same slope. For example, the graphs of y=x and y=x+1 are parallel lines.

Answer 8

The Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle.

Answer 9

Parellels are lines of latitude. These start at the south pole and go all the way up to the north pole. Each one degree cover 60 nautical miles.

Answer 10

Parallel lines remain equal distance apart and never intersect each other.