Latitudes and Longitudes Revision | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

English 11 Public

Social Studies

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____________, a Greek astronomer (190-120 BC), was the first to specify the location using latitude and longitude coordinates.

Hipparchus

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There are _________ lines of latitudes.

181

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The __________ neither touch nor cross one another

latitudes

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The Arctic and the Antarctic circles are also called __________.

Polar circles

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Longitudes are also known as lines of longitudes or ____________.

meridians of longitude

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Name the four important latitudes

The Tropic of Cancer at 23 1/2 ° N ,The Tropic of Capricorn at 23 1/2 ° S, The Arctic Circle at 66 1/2 ° N, The Antarctic Circle at 66 1/2 ° S

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There are ___________ lines of longitudes.

360

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_________ cut the latitudes at right angles.

Longitudes

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The ____________ marks the difference of dates between the eastern and the western hemispheres.

International Date Line

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When you move east of the International Date line, you ___________.

gain a day

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When you move west of the International Date line, you ___________.

lose a day

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