Latitude and Longitude(Quiz-10/14)
Circumference: distance around the circle.
Diameter: distance across the circle, through its center
Radius: distance from its center to its edge.
Latitude lines measure north or south of the equator (0°) splitting the earth into the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere.
Lines of longitude measure east to west of the Prime Meridian 0° to the 180° line.
The equator is 0 degree latitude.
It is an imaginary belt that runs halfway point between the North Pole and the South Pole.
The Prime Meridian (0°) and the 180° line split the earth into the Western Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere.
The Earth is a sphere.(It is actually an oblate spheroid, slightly larger at the equator than at the poles)
The Earth is slightly flattened from a perfect spherical shape because of
its rotation
the pull of the sun and moon
storms on the sun’s surface
its molten core
Longitude is based on Earth’s rotation
Earth rotates counterclockwise at 15 degrees/hr
360 degrees/24hrs = 15 degrees/hr
There are 24 time zones in the world- one for every line of longitude
People on the same line of longitude have the same solar time
When you go west you subtract time and when you go east you add time
Latitude and Longitude is measures in degrees- degrees can divided into minutes( ’ )There are 60 minutes in each degree.
Polaris (latitude)
North Star- found in the little dipper
Latitude = altitude of Polaris
Can only be seen in the Northern Hemisphere
Circumference: distance around the circle.
Diameter: distance across the circle, through its center
Radius: distance from its center to its edge.
Latitude lines measure north or south of the equator (0°) splitting the earth into the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere.
Lines of longitude measure east to west of the Prime Meridian 0° to the 180° line.
The equator is 0 degree latitude.
It is an imaginary belt that runs halfway point between the North Pole and the South Pole.
The Prime Meridian (0°) and the 180° line split the earth into the Western Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere.
The Earth is a sphere.(It is actually an oblate spheroid, slightly larger at the equator than at the poles)
The Earth is slightly flattened from a perfect spherical shape because of
its rotation
the pull of the sun and moon
storms on the sun’s surface
its molten core
Longitude is based on Earth’s rotation
Earth rotates counterclockwise at 15 degrees/hr
360 degrees/24hrs = 15 degrees/hr
There are 24 time zones in the world- one for every line of longitude
People on the same line of longitude have the same solar time
When you go west you subtract time and when you go east you add time
Latitude and Longitude is measures in degrees- degrees can divided into minutes( ’ )There are 60 minutes in each degree.
Polaris (latitude)
North Star- found in the little dipper
Latitude = altitude of Polaris
Can only be seen in the Northern Hemisphere