Locating Positions on Earth LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE

Cardinal Directions North West East South Draw this in your booklet!!

Finding your way around… Scientists have established a coordinate system using circular lines to pinpoint any place on Earth Earth’s Coordinate System based on lines of - Latitude and Longitude

Let’s Look at This Question: How is latitude measured?

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Latitudes to know Latitude of equator: 0 o North Pole: 90 o N South Pole: 90 o S Tropic of Cancer: 23.5 o N Tropic of Capricorn: 23.5 o S Arctic Circle: 66.5 o N Antarctic Circle: 66.5 o S

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Let’s Look at This Question: How is longitude measured?

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Longitudes to know Latitude of Prime Meridian: 0 o International Date Line: 180 o From the prime Meridian, you go East or West to the International Date Line

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Eastern Hemisphere Western Hemisphere

Longitude Reference Lines International Date Line – 180 o on opposite side of Earth from Prime Meridian Imaginary line that separates two calendar days Go West – gain a day Go East – lose a day

All locations in the United States have a (North, South) latitude And (East, West) longitude North and West

Latitude and Longitude are measured in, Which can be further divided into degrees minutes There are 60 minutes (‘) per degree

Place an X at latitude 20 o 32’N _____________________________ 21 o _____________________________ _____________________________ 20 o 0 min 10 min 20 min 30 min 40 min 50 min x

LATITUDE IS ALWAYS WRITTEN FIRST FOLLOWED BY LONGITUDE

LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE MUST ALWAYS INCLUDE A DIRECTION (N or S for latitude; E or W for longitude)