Latitude, Climate, Weather

0 degree line of latitude

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

23.5 degrees North

• Equator

• Arctic Circle

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Tropic of Cancer

23.5 degrees South

• Equator

• Antarctic Circle

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

66.5 degrees North

• Equator

• Arctic Circle

• Antarctic Circle

• North Pole

66.5 degrees South

• Arctic Circle

• Prime Meridian

• Antarctic Circle

• South Pole

Latitude zone between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn

• Polar Zone

• Low Latitudes

• Mid Latitudes

• High Latitudes

Latitude zone between the Tropic of Cancer and Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Capricorn and Antarctic Circle

• Polar Zone

• Low Latitudes

• Mid Latitudes

• High Latitudes

Latitude zone between the Arctic Circle and North Pole and the Antarctic Circle and South Pole

• High Latitudes

• Low Latitudes

• Mid Latitudes

• Horse Latitudes

Which best describes the mid latitudes?

• Hot year-round with some areas of great humidity and some areas that are arid

• Cold year-round with frozen ground and ice

• Temperate, with varying temperatures that are more mild, and 4 seasons

• Latitude has no effect on climate

Which best describes the low latitudes?

• Hot year-round with some areas of great humidity and some areas that are arid

• Cold year-round with frozen ground and ice

• Temperate, with varying temperatures that are more mild, and 4 seasons

• Latitude has no effect on climate