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Question | Answer |
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What lines run east and west around Earth? | latitude lines |
What is it called when two lines are parallel to each other? | Parallels |
What lines run north and south around Earth? | longitude lines |
What is another way to call longitude? | Meridians |
When used together, latitude and longitude lines form a pattern called what? | Global grid |
In the Northern Hemisphere, at about latitude 23 degrees north is what tropic? | Tropic of Cancer |
South of the equator, at about latitude 23 degrees south is what tropic? | Tropic of Capricorn |
The section between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Carpricorn is known as what? | Tropical zone |
What is another word for Tropical zone? | Torrid zone |
The latitude in the Northern hemisphere, north of 66.5 degrees north latitude is called what? | Arctic circle |
The latitude in the Southern Hemisphere, south of 66.5 degrees south latitude is called what? | Antarctic Circle |
The zones north of the arctic circle and south of the antarctic circle are known as the what? | Frigid zones |
What is another word for frigid zones? | Polar regions |
The parts between the arctic circle, the Tropic of cancer, and between the Antarctic circle and the Tropic of Capricorn are known as what? | Temperate zone |
What is the imaginary line between the North pole and the South pole called? | Axis |