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Question | Answer |
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What lines run east and west around the Earth ? | Latitude |
What lines run north and south around the Earth ? | Longitude |
What is another name for the lines that go north and south around the Earth ? | Meridians |
What is the opposite of lines that intersect ? | Parallels |
What is it called when longitude and latitude form a pattern of crossed lines ? | Global Grid |
what are the zones of north of the arctic circle and south of of the Antarctica circles known as ? | Frigid Zones |
What is it called where the Northern Hemisphere, at about latitude 23 degrees N ? | Tropic of Cancer |
What is south of the equator, at about latitude 23 degrees S ? | Tropic of Capricorn |
What is the section of Earth between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn called ? | Tropical Zone |
What is another name for the section of Earth between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn called ? | Torrid Zone |
What is name of the latitude where the sun does not rise on at least one day in our winter ? | Arctic Circle |
What is the name of the latitude where the sun does not set on at least one day in our winter ? | Antarctic Circle |
What is another way to call Frigid Zone ? | Polar Regions |
What is the name of the parts of Earth between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer known as ? | Temperate Zones |
What is the name of the imaginary line between the North Pole and the South Pole? | Axis |