1. Latitude and Longitude

2. Latitude and longitude – imaginary lines
that we use, like a grid, to locate
places on the map – used to provide
an absolute location

3. Latitude – imaginary lines that run east to west around the globe, used to measure distances north and south of the equator
Also called parallels
0 – 90 degrees N
0 – 90 degrees S

4. equator –
-zero degrees latitude
-divides the earth into northern and southern hemispheres
hemisphere – half the earth

5. Longitude – imaginary lines that run from one pole to the other (north to south), used to measure distances east and west of the Prime Meridian
Prime Meridian –
zero degrees longitude
divides the earth into eastern and western hemispheres
Greenwich, England

6. Coordinates:
N,S coordinate first
Degrees, minutes, seconds
10 36’23N, 15E

7. tropics – area closest to the equator that gets the most sunlight – between the tropic of cancer and tropic of capricorn