Latitude and Geographic Coordinates

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What is the degree of the Antarctic Circle?

  • 23.5 degrees south
  • 75 degrees south
  • 80 degrees south
  • 66.5 degrees south (correct)

What is the largest degree of latitude?

  • 80 degrees
  • 100 degrees
  • 66.5 degrees
  • 90 degrees (correct)

What is the name of the parallel at 0 degrees latitude?

  • Antarctic Circle
  • Equator (correct)
  • Tropic of Capricorn
  • Tropic of Cancer

What is the degree of the Tropic of Cancer?

<p>23.5 degrees north (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic of lines of latitude?

<p>They never meet (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Latitude

  • Latitude divides the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.
  • Degrees of latitude are written as degrees north (°N) or degrees south (°S).
  • The largest degree of latitude is at the poles, which are 90°N and 90°S.
  • Lines of latitude are called parallels, which never meet.
  • The equator is located at 0° latitude.
  • The Tropic of Capricorn is located at 23.5°S.
  • The Antarctic Circle is located at 66.5°S.
  • The South Pole is located at 90°S.
  • The Tropic of Cancer is located at 23.5°N.
  • The Arctic Circle is located at 66.5°N.
  • The North Pole is located at 90°N.

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