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Question | Answer |
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What lines run east and west around the Earth? | Latitude lines |
What are two lines called that are always parallel, or the same distance apart? | parallels |
What lines run north and south around the Earth? | longitude lines |
What is another word for longitude? | meridians |
When used together, latitude and longitude form a pattern or crossed lines called what? | global grid |
In the Northern hemisphere, at about latitude 23 degrees N, what is the tropic called? | tropic of cancer |
South of the equator, at about latitude 23 degrees S, what is the tropic called? | tropic of capricorn |
The section of Earth between the tropic of cancer and the tropic of capricorn is known as what zone?` | tropical zone |
What is another word for tropical zone? | torrid zone |
In the Northern hemisphere, north of 66.5 degrees |