NEEDED TO LOCATE PLACES

ON EARTH
Cardinal Directions
are North, East,
South and
West.
 To help locate places on a map,
we use lines of latitude and longitude
Latitude
is shown on a
map as a
horizontal
line.
Lines of Latitude are parallel lines.

They go around, but never touch

or intersect each other.
Lines of
Latitude
measure
distance
in North
to South
direction
Longitude is a
vertical line seen
on a globe or
map. The long
lines goes
top to bottom.
 Lines of
Longitude
measure
distance
in East
to West
direction
globe
The Equator is a line of
latitude which is the
midway point between
the northern and
southern hemispheres
Prime Meridian is zero
degrees longitude, the
first line of longitude
Meridian is a line of

longitude