Geography/Regions.1

Equator is ...

• An imaginary line going across the center of Earth that separates the eastern and western hemisphere.

• A region created when the Earth is divided in half.

• An imaginary line going across the center of Earth that separates the north and south hemisphere.

Prime Meridian is ...

• An imaginary line going across the center of the earth that separates the eastern and western hemispheres.

• An imaginary line going across the center of the earth that separates the north and south hemispheres.

• An absolute location on the map.

An example of an absolute location would be.........

• 37.02 degrees N, 93.20 degrees W

• United States of America

• The South

What lines run north and south

• laterals

• longitude

• Elevation

• Latitude

What lines run east and west (horizontal)

• Latitude

• longetude

• horizontals

• laterals

since the lines of latitude are ________ to the equator and each other they are called ________

• equal distance , meridians

• parallel, meridians

• parallel, parallels of latitude

The 0° Longitude......

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Great Circle

The total number of longitudes are :

• 360

• 180

• 90

These lines run north to south

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Equator

• Northern to Southern Hemisphere

How many degrees of latitude are there between the North and South Poles?

• 90

• 180

• 360

• 3600