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How could longitude lines and latitude lines help if you were in sea?
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∙ 11y ago
If you used a sextant and a marine chronometer you could determine your position and plot this on a map using latitude and longitude. If you did this regularly you would be able to plot your course.
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Is there a poem to help remember longitude and Latitude lines?
Lines of latitude Have flatitude. Longitudinal lines Rise like porcupines.
Do lines of latitude help us determine absolute location?
Lines of latitude must be used with lines of longitude to help us find the absolute location. Lines of latitude alone cannot determine absolute location.
What Imaginary lines that help us determine location?
equator , prime merdian
What is a trick to help you remember in which direction latitude and longitude?
Latitude lays flat and spiders have long legs
How would you describe lines of latitude and longitude?
Lines of latitude run from east to west and lines of longitude run north to south, they help give the position on earths surface.
Is there a poem to help remember longitude and Latitude lines?
Lines of latitude Have flatitude. Longitudinal lines Rise like porcupines.
Latitude and longitude lines help geographers identify what?
absolute location
Do lines of latitude help us determine absolute location?
Lines of latitude must be used with lines of longitude to help us find the absolute location. Lines of latitude alone cannot determine absolute location.
What Imaginary lines that help us determine location?
equator , prime merdian
How do lines of latitude and longitude help people find locations on Earth?
If you knew your latitude was 57 and your longitude was 47, then you could look on a map of the earth and see which line is latitude 57. You could then follow latitude line 57 until you see hit longitude line 47. This would give you the precise location of your whereabouts.
What are imaginary lines that are used to help locate places and objects?
latitude and longitude
What are the lines on maps and globes that help us find places?
Longitude and latitude
What do the lines of latitude and longitude mean since they are not visible?
Lines of latitude and longitude are only shown only maps so as to help people navigate and pinpoint places on Earth with more accuracy.
What is a trick to help you remember in which direction latitude and longitude?
Latitude lays flat and spiders have long legs
What lines drawn on maps help locate places?
Latitude lines are imaginary lines that run East to West but measure North to South on the Globe. I remember latitude is fatitude. Longitude lines go North to South but measure East to West. I remember it as LONGitude.
What is a trick to help me remember in which direction latitude and longitude lines lie?
Latitude, with an A, goes across the map.Longitude, with an O, goes over the Poles.
How do latitude and longitude lines help to locate places on earth?
It is like coordinates all around the earth
