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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are lines of latitude? | Lines that run east and west around the earth |
| What is another word for latitude? | Parallel |
| What are a lines that run north and south around earth? | Longitude |
| What is another word for longitude? | Meridians |
| What is it called when you use latitude and longitude to from a pattern of crossed lines called a? | Global grid |
| Where is the Tropic of Cancer? | In the Northern Hemisphere, at about latitude 23*N |
| Where is the Tropic of Capricorn? | South of the equator, at about latitude 23*S |
| What is the Tropical Zone? | The section of Earth between |
| What is another word for tropical zone? | Torrid zone |
| Where is the Arctic Circle at? | In the Northern Hemisphere, north of 66.5*N latitude |
| Where is the Antarctic Circle at? | In the Southern Hemisphere, south of 66.5*S latitude |
| What is Temperate Zone? | Between the Antarctic Circle and the Tropic of Capricorn |
| Where is the frigid zone? | The zones north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic Circle known as the |
| Whats another word for the frigid zone? | Polar regions |
| What does axis mean? | It is an imaginary line between the North Pole and the South Pole |