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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the lines that run east and west around Earth? | Latitude |
| What is another name for latitude lines? | Parallel |
| What are the lines that run north and south around Earth? | Longitude and meridians |
| what is another name for longitude? | Meridians |
| What is the name for the pattern of crossed lines formed by the latitude and longitude lines? | Global Grid |
| What is in the Northern hemisphere at about latitude 23 degrees North? | Tropic of Cancer |
| What is South of the equator,at about latitude 23`S degrees North? | Tropic of Capricorn |
| The section of Earth between the tropical of cancer and the tropic of Capricorn is known as what? | Tropical zone |
| The tropical zone is also known as what? | Torrid zone |
| When the Northern Hemisphere is north of 66.5 degrees north and the sun does not shine what is it called? | Arctic Circle |
| When the sun does`t shine in the southern hemisphere,south of 66.5 degrees south is called what ? | Antarctic Circle |
| the parts of Earth between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of cancer,and between the Antarctic circle and the tropic of Capricorn are known as what? | Temperature zone |
| The zones north of the arctic circle and south of the Antarctic circle are known as? | Frigid Zone |
| Frigid zones are also known as what? | Polar region |