unit 2.9

How far a place is north or south of the Equator, it is measured in degrees.

• Lines of latitude

• Lines of longitude

• equator

• Prime Meridian

How far a place is east or west of the Prime Meridian; it is measured in degrees

• lines of longitude

• lines of latitude

• equator

• prime meridian

an imaginary line around the middle of Earth (at 0 degree latitude)

• Equator

• Lines of longitude

• Lines of latitude

• Prime Meridian

An imaginary line that circles Earth from pole to pole; it is at 0 degree longitude

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• Lines of longitude

• Lines of latitude

Identifies the longitude and latitude of a location on the globe. For example, HCMC is at 10.8231 degrees North latitude, 106.6297 degrees East longitude

• Coordinates

• degrees

• Tropic of Cancer

• minutes

Latitude is measured from 0 degrees to 180 degrees West and 0 degrees to 180 degrees East, while longitude is measured from 0 degree to 90 degrees North and 0 degree to 90 degrees South

• Coordinates

• degrees

• minutes

• Arctic Circle

Each degree is divided into 60 minutes ('). For example HCMC is at 10 degrees 45 minutes North and 109 degrees 39 minutes East

• Degrees

• Minutes

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

The physical northern most point of the Earth at 90 degrees North latitude

• North Pole

• South Pole

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

The physical Southern most point of the Earth at 90 degrees South latitude

• North Pole

• South Pole

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

The most northerly circle at a latitude on Earth at which the sun can be directly overhead

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Artic Circle

• Degrees