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Latitude & Longitude

TYPICAL GRAPH
Is made up of __points___________ that are connected by a line.
Each point has two values:
- An ‘X’ value that runs along the horizontal ‘X’ axis and A ‘Y’ value that runs along
the vertical ‘Y’ axis
- Each point is expressed as an X value and a Y value with the X value written first.
- Graphs may be divided into quadrants with the X and Y values being either positive (+)
or negative (-) depending on the quadrant in which they are located.

PRIME MERIDIAN & EQUATOR


On the map ______horizontal__________ lines are lines of __latitude________________ and
____vertical_______________ lines are lines of _____longitude_____________________.
- The __x___ axis is the ________equator________________ and the ___y___ axis which
runs through Greenwich, England is the _____prime meridian____________
_______________.
- Any location north of the _equator___________ is a _________north
latitude___________________.
- Any location south of the equator is a ___south
latitude_____________________________.
- Any location west of the prime meridian is a ________west
longitude_____________________.
- Any location east of the ___prime meridian________ ______________ is an ____east
longitude________________________.

DIVIDING THE EARTH INTO QUADRANTS


__NE___ where all latitudes are __North_________ and all longitudes are ___East_________.
___SE__ where all latitudes are ____South_______ and all longitudes are __East__________.
SW where all latitudes are SOUTH and all longitudes are WEST.
NW where all latitudes are NORTH and all longitudes are WEST.
*United States will have a NORTH latitude and a WEST longitude since we are in the NW
quadrant.*

LATTITUDE
Latitude is the ___distance_________ from the _____equator______ along the Y axis.
Latitude is expressed in degrees:
- The north pole is _90____ N
- The south pole is _90____ S
- The ___equator_________ is __0_____ latitude.
- 90° is ___maximum_____________. You could be at 90°N or 90°S but there is no
greater latitude on Earth (or anywhere else)
Latitude is an angular distance measured on the Earth, _____north or
south_________________________ of the equator.
Latitude is measured using ____lines of latitude or
parallels________________________________________. These lines are circular and parallel
to the Equator.

LONGITUDE
Longitude is the __distance___________ from the ____prime______ ____meridian_______
along the X axis.
Longitude is measured in degrees:
- The __prime meridian___________ _______________ is _0_______.
- Halfway around the world you will reach the __180______ longitude lines.
- __180_____ is the maximum possible ___longitude___________ on Earth.
Longitude is an angular distance measured on a sphere, ___east or
west___________________________ of the prime meridian.
Longitude is measured using _____lines of longitude or
meridians____________________________________________. These lines run between the
North and South Poles, passing through the Equator at right angles.

KEY TAKEAWAYS
⮚ Latitude is written _____first____ and must always include _N___ (north) or __S__
(south) of the equator.
⮚ Longitude is written __second________ and must always include ___E_ (east) or
__W__ (west) of the prime meridian.
⮚ All latitudes in Texas are N (north) and longitudes are W (west).

⮚ Each degree of latitude or longitude can be divided into 60 minutes. A minute, as used
here, is a unit of distance on the earth’s surface.

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