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Question | Answer |
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What lines run East and West? | latitude |
What lines are always the same distance apart? | parallel |
What lines run North and South? | longitude |
Longitude lines run North and South what is this also called? | meridian |
What are latitude and longitude form a pattern of crossed lines called? | global grid |
What is the Northern Hemisphere, at about latitude 23 degrees N called? | Tropic of cancer |
What is South of the equator, at about 23 degrees S called? | Tropic of Capricorn |
What is the section between the Tropic of cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn known as that is not the Torrid zone? | Tropical zone |
What is another name for the Tropical zone? | Torrid zone |
What is the Northern Hemisphere , north of 66.5 degrees N latitude known as? | Arctic circle |
What is the Southern Hemisphere, south of 66.5 degrees S latitude called? | Antarctic circle |
The parts of the Earth between the arctic circle and the Tropic of cancer known as? | Temperate zone |
What are the zones north of the arctic circle and the south of the antarctic circle known as? | Frigid zone |
another name for the frigid zone? | Polar region |
what is the earths imaginary line called? | Axis |