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What is latitude?
What is latitude?
- The angular distance of a place north or south of the Equator (correct)
- The distance from the Equator to the South Pole
- The distance between two places on a map
- The distance from the Equator to the North Pole
What are lines of latitude?
What are lines of latitude?
- Real lines drawn on a map connecting places with the same latitude
- Real lines drawn on a map connecting places with the same longitude
- Imaginary lines drawn on a map connecting places with the same longitude
- Imaginary lines drawn on a map connecting places with the same latitude (correct)
What is the distance from the Equator to the North Pole in degrees?
What is the distance from the Equator to the North Pole in degrees?
- 90 (correct)
- 180
- 360
- 270
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Understanding Latitude
- Latitude refers to the angular distance of a point on the Earth's surface from the Equator, measured in degrees.
- Lines of latitude are imaginary circles that run parallel to the Equator, connecting all points on the Earth's surface at the same latitude.
- The distance from the Equator to the North Pole is 90 degrees, with the North Pole being at 90° N latitude and the South Pole being at 90° S latitude.
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