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meridians
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longitude lines
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Absolute
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latitude and Longitude
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Equator
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0 degrees latitude
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Relative
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A general Place/ Direction
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Prime Meridian
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0 degrees longitude
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Do latitude lines intersect?
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no
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Hemisphere
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Is half of the Earth
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23 27' S
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Tropic of Capricorn
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meridian
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another name for line of longitude
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What are latitude lines also called?
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Parallels
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"Parallels"
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Another name for "lines of latitude".
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degrees
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used to measure distances and show locations on Earth's surface
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Up-Warped Mountian
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The preasure pushes up the mountian.
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Coordinate
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Number where a line of longitude and latitude intersect
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latitude lines
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Imaginary lines that run east and west; series of imaginary lines also called parallels, that circle the Earth parallel to the Equator, used to measure a distance north or south of the Equator in degrees
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Tropic of Capricorn
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An important Line of Lat. Northern
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longitude
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refers to distances in degrees east or west of the PRIME MERIDIAN
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Tropic of Cancer
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Located 23.5 degrees north of the equator
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latitude
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show how far north or south of the equator a place is
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The Tropics
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the area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn
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North hemisphere
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North half of the earth, north of the equator
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North is
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UP
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piko o Wākea
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equator
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lines of longitude
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90 degrees South
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South Pole
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180
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highest possible degrees for longitude
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North Pole
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90 degrees North latitude
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Longitude & Latitude Quiz
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Dec. 2nd
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coordinates
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lines of longitude and latitude intersecting , help to locate places on a map
->example: 45' north Lat. And 130' East Long.
= 45' north Lat. (of equator) and 130' east Long. of (Prime Meridian)
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Which lines run East to West?
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Latitude
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plateau
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a high flat landform that rises steeply from the land aroud it
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north and south hemisphere
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the equator divides what?
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lines of meridian
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another name for longitude lines
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physical maps
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maps that show natural features such as landforms, mountains,valleys,plains and bodys of water
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Prime Meridien
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The meridian of 0 degrees longitude running through Greenwich, England that marks where the eastern and western hemispheres divide.
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Latitude lines measure
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North and South of the Equator
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international date line
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location where highest degrees is in longitude
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geography
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the study of the people and places of Earth
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International Dateline
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a invisible line, when you cross it, the time zone is different.
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coordinate system
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A system of intersecting lines used to determine locations on earth's surface
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specialty map
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a map that shows just one kind of information, such as rainfall or elevation
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West is
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LEFT
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Wēlau Hema
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South Pole
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lines of latitude
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dissipate
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Is too break apart
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90 degrees North
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North Pole
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Range of latitude
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0 to 90
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minutes
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60 minutes are in 1 degree
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When measuring ____, we measure angular distance East or West of the Prime Meridian.
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Longitude
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basin
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a bowl-shaped landform that is lower than the surrounding land
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Longitude lines measure
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East-West of the Prime Meridian
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global grid
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the grid formed by crisscrossing lines of latitude and longitude on a map
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Conic Projection
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made by projecting points and lines from a globe onto a cone
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Longitude is a factor in location and
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time zones
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What are the 7 continents?
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Asia, Africa, Antarctica, Australia, North America, South America, Europe
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inner core
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The solid, inner most layer of the Earth, composed of iron and nickel under extremely high pressure and temperature
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