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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the lines of latitude? | Latitude lines run east and west around Earth. |
| What are lines that run north and south around Earth? | Longitude lines |
| What is another name for latitude? | Parallels |
| What is another name for longitude? | Meridians lines |
| When latitude and longitude form a pattern of crossed lines called a_______. | Global grid |
| Where is the Tropic of Cancer located? | At about latitude 23 degrees north. |
| Where is the Tropic of Capricorn? | At about latitude 23 degrees south. |
| What is the section of Earth between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn? | The Tropical zone |
| What is another name for tropical zone? | The Torrid zone |
| What is located north of 66.5 degrees north latitude? | Arctic Circle |
| What is located south of 66.5 degrees south latitude? | Antarctic Circle |
| What is the zone north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic Circle called? | Frigid zones |
| What is another name for frigid zones? | Polar regions |
| What are the parts of Earth between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer, and between the Antarctic Circle and the Tropic of Capricorn? | Temperate zones |
| What is an imaginary line between the North Pole and the South Pole? | Axis |