1. Latitude and Longitude
Map Skills
Latitude and Longitude

2. Latitude Equator Divides the Earth into 2 hemispheres
An imaginary line that goes around the middle of the Earth at its widest point.
Divides the Earth into 2 hemispheres
Northern and Southern
Hemisphere = half a round object
“Hemi” = half
“Sphere” = round object
Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere

3. Latitude
Lines of latitude run parallel to the equator and to each other.
They lay on top of each other.
There is equal distance between lines.
Parallel = another name for a latitude.

4. Latitude MEASURE = North to South of the Equator.
RUN = East to West around the globe.
Equator = 0º
North and South Poles = 90º
Tropic of Cancer = 23ºN approx.
Tropic of Capricorn = 23ºS approx.
Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn form the border of the tropical zone.

5. Longitude Prime Meridian
Longest line of longitude
Passes through Greenwich, England at 0º longitude
Divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemisphere
Western
Hemisphere
Eastern

6. Longitude Lines of longitude DO NOT run parallel to each other.
What does???
Meridian = another name for longitude
MEASURES = East and West of the Prime Meridian
RUNS = North and South around the globe

7. What do you notice about the lines at the center of the circle?
What do you notice about the lines near the North and South Poles?

8. Special Lines of Latitude and Longitude
Arctic Circle
Tropic of Cancer
Equator
Tropic of Capricorn
Prime Meridian
Antarctic Circle

9. Hemisphere Practice!
In which two hemispheres is the United States located?
What is the line that divides the Northern and Southern Hemisphere?
In which two hemispheres is Australia located?
Which ocean is not found in the Western Hemisphere?
Which hemisphere is the only one which Antarctica is not found?