LatLongLab2 - LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE LAB Refer to grid...

LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE LAB
Refer to grid lines on a globe:
1. The lines running north-south represent degrees of____________________
which is measured from the____________________in
a____________________ and____________________direction. These lines
are known also as____________________.
2. The lines running east-west represent degrees of____________________
which is measured from the____________________in an
____________________and ____________________direction. These lines are
known also as____________________.
3. The geographic grid used on the globe is based on the division of a circle
in____________________ degrees. Each degree is divided
into____________________equal parts called minutes, and each minute
into____________________equal parts called____________________.
4. Latitude is numbered from____________________degrees at the equator
to____________________degrees at either pole.
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5. Longitude is numbered from____________________degrees at the prime
meridian to____________________degrees at the international date line.
6. A degree of latitude is approximately____________________miles at the
equator and____________________miles at the poles. A degree of longitude is
approximately____________________miles at the equator
and____________________miles at the poles.
USE THE FIGURE BELOW TO ANSWER QUESTIONS 14-19
7. What are the coordinates of point A?_____________________