Tuesday 24 October 2017

2.2. Cartography

Geographic coordinates




PARALLELS are circular lines that go around the Earth from east to west.
MERIDIANS are circular lines that go from north to south and pass through the poles. The Prime Meridian, also called the Greenwich Meridian, divides Earth into the eastern hemisphere and the western hemisphere.

Listen to this SONG about maps:


Answer in your notebook:

  • What is latitude?
  • What is longitude?


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