Theme: The Equator Reading the text “We Learn About Latitude and Longitude”Directions: in order to study the earth, we need to be able to locate specific.
Latitude: Imaginary lines that run east-west around the globe. It is the distance north to south of the equator.
The Equator is 0 degrees latitude.
Degrees are units of measure. There are 180 degrees of latitude.
Minutes are smaller units of the measure of degrees. There are 60 minutes in each degree. Seconds are smaller units of the measure of minutes. There are 60 seconds in each minute.
Lines of latitude are also called parallels. They never cross.
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