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The Imaginary Lines Around the Earth
Latitude, Longitude, Time Zones, Tropics and Climate Zones.
K. Shadle
What are all of those lines?There are many imaginary lines that circle
the earth, but what are they are why are they there?LatitudeLongitudeTime ZonesClimate ZonesThe TropicsThe Arctic and Antarctic Circles
LatitudeLines of LATITUDE run
around the earth parallel to the equator.
The equator is 0 degrees
Lines of latitude are measure from 0-90 degrees North and 0-90 degrees South
The equator is the LONGEST line of latitude
LongitudeLines of LONGITUDE
run from the North Pole to the South Pole
Also called meridians.They are measured in
degrees 0-180 East and 0-180 degrees West.
0 degrees is found in Greenwich, England. This line is also called the Prime Meridian
Time ZonesLongitude is used to
help determine Time Zones. The line that runs through the Bering Strait is the International Dateline.
There are 24 time zones because there are 24 hours in a day.
ExampleBuenos Aires is west of London, and they are
separated by 4 time zones.This means that when it is noon in Buenos
Aires it is 4 pm in London.When it is noon in London it is 8 am in
Buenos Aires.
http://www.funsocialstudies.learninghaven.com/articles/timezones.htm
Tropics and Climate Zones
The Arctic and Antarctic Circles