Mapping Latitude and Longitude Guided Notes

Mapping Latitude and Longitude Guided Notes

Latitude and Longitude

n  Every single location on Earth is described by 2 numbers: ______and ______.

n  Latitude and longitude are a type of ______

Latitude

n  Definition: Latitude measures the distance in degrees______and ______of the______.

n  Latitude lines are horizontal. They look like this:

n  Because they run parallel to the ______, they are also called ______. ______parallels are ______circles!

The Equator

n  The ______is the imaginary ______found at 0º ______- it “splits” the Earth exactly in half, leaving a Northern half and a southern half.

Latitude Values

n  Each line of latitude north of that gets higher until you get to ______. That is the ______.

n  Each line of latitude south of the equator gets higher until you get to ______. That’s the ______.

Special Latitude Lines

1. ______- found at 23 ½ º North of the Equator.

2. ______– found at 23 ½ º South of the Equator.

3. ______– 66 ½ ° North Latitude

4. ______– 66 ½ ° South Latitude

Polaris

The angle of the North Star, also known as Polaris, ______the ______you are at.

Longitude

n  Definition: ______measure the distance in degrees______and ______of the ______.

n  Longitude lines are vertical. They look like this:

n  These lines are also known as ______.

The Prime Meridian

n  The Prime Meridian is a ______circle that runs from the ______to the ______.

n  It is also 0° however it is 0° ______. It does______run all the way around the Earth. The line on the other side is ______.

n  The Prime Meridian divides the Earth into a west half (______) and an east half (______).

n  The 180° line is known as the ______

Time Zones

n  Lines of ______are also used to create all the ______on Earth.

n  After 24 hours, the Earth has undergone 1 full rotation (______)

n  360°/24 = 15

n  Therefore, ______

The International Date Line

n  If every 15° west is one hour earlier, couldn’t we just keep going west until we travel back in time to yesterday??

n  NO! ______prevents us from doing that.

n  The 180º meridian (opposite to the ______) is called the ______.

Daylight Savings Time

n  In many countries time is set ahead 1 hour in the ______and set back 1 hour in the _____.

n  The idea is to extend daylight for ______activities.