1. Aim: Latitude and Longitude
Objective: Ability to distinguish latitude from longitude

2. Vocabulary Latitude Longitude Prime Meridian Equator NEWS
Eastern Hemisphere
Western Hemisphere

3. Lines of Latitude Run parallel to the equator
Lines Above the equator are marked NORTH
Lines below the equator are marked SOUTH

4. Lines of Latitude Notice how the latitude lines are labeled
20 N is not the same as 20 S

5. Lines of Latitude The actual North Pole is 90 N
The actual South Pole is 90 S

6. Lines of Latitude Although the lines of latitude are all parallel
The equator is the longest “line”

8. This example shows that if you draw an angle from the center of the earth – on can “see” how the lines of latitude were originally configured

9. Longitude Run North and South Only touch at the Poles
The yellow line is the PRIME MERIDIAN
To the left of the PM is EAST
To the right of the PM is WEST

10. Longitude To the left of the PM is West To the right of the PM is East
We live in the Western Hemisphere

11. Longitude Notice the equator intersects the Prime Meridian
Is the pink dot on a N or S latitude
Is the pink dot on a E or W longitude
…and the white dot…

12. Longitude
…and the white dot…
Is it Nor S, E or W
…and the purple dot

13. typically the latitude is given first
Example: the white dot is 210N latitude and 1160E longitude
Or just 210N 1160E

14. What are the coordinates of the
Yellow dot
Blue dot
Red dot
Green dot
Purple dot
Black dot

15. Review The longest line of latitude is ______.
Lines of Latitude are _______ .
Do lines of latitude ever meet?
We live in the _____ hemisphere.
The two ______ are divided by the _____ meridian.
Where do longitudinal line intersect, if at all?