Latitude and Longitude Vocabulary

Latatitude Lines

• Imaginary lines tht circle the earth and tell you how far east or west a location is from th eprime meridian

• Imaginary lines that circle the globe and tell you how far north or south a location is from the equator.

Longitude Lines are

• Imaginary lines that circle the globe and tell you how far north or south a location is from the equator.

• Imaginary lines that circle the globe and tell you how far east or west a location is from the prime meridian.

The latitude line at 0° is called

• The Parallel

• The Prime Meridian

• The Equator

the longitude line at 0° is called

• The Parallel

• The Equator

• The Prime Meridian

Which Hemispehere is shaded grey?

• Northern

• Southern

• Eastern

• Western

Which hemisphere is shaded grey?

• Northern

• Southern

• Eastern

• Western

which hemisphere is shaded blue?

• Northern

• Southern

• Eastern

• Western

which hemisphere is shaded blue?

• Northern

• Southern

• Eastern

• western

Another name for a latitude line is a

• parallel

• meridian

Another name for a longitude line is a

• parallel

• meridian