GLOBE- LATITUDES AND LONGITUDES (G-2)

  • Globe– model of the earth.
  • Axis– an imaginary line on which earth rotates.
  • Poles– north and south extreme points of the earth.
  • Equator– a imaginary line that passes through the center of the earth and divides earth in two equal parts.
  • Prime meridian– The circle passes through Greenwich in Britain perpendicular to equator.
  • Latitudes– imaginary lines parallel to the equator.
  • Longitudes– imaginary lines parallel to prime meridian.
  • Standard meridian– a imaginary line from which a country takes its local time.