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You can, but the distances are not constant - they are zero at the poles and increase as you go towards the equator.
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Why does the length of the parallel decreases towards the pole?
You may be thinking of the distance between lines of longitude. The length of the lines of latitude decrease because the Earth is round, so the length of the line is shorter at the poles than it is at the Equator. The distance between the lines of longitude is shorter as you move toward the poles, again, because the Earth is round. All lines of longitude are the same length.
What is the actual distance between lines of the longitude?
It depends on one's latitude, I believe. Distance at the Poles, Zero, at the Equator about 700 miles.
What would you use to measure the distance between the lines marked on a candle?
A ruler
Does perpendicular lines have a constant distance between them?
No but parallel lines have a constant distance between them
Why is the distance between two longitude lines at the north pole 0?
Because all of the longitudes converge in a single point, at both the north andsouth poles. When you stand at a pole, you're standing on every longitude.
Is longitude horizontal?
Lines of longitude are vertical but they measure horizontal distance(In degrees,not kilometers or miles)between Greenwich Mean Time(GMT) and you so the lines are vertical,not horizontal. However,longitude measures horizontal distance,not vertical distance.
What distance are lines of longitude used to know?
None. The distances between the lines of longitude are a meaningless concept. These lines measure angular distance around the world around the equator. Each degree of longitude is approx 111 km at the equator and 0 km at the poles.
What distance do lines of longitude measure?
through the Prime Meridian.
What distance are lines of longitude used to show?
None. they are a measure of angular distance and not of linear distance.
What lines measure distance east and west of the prime meridian on a globe or map?
All of the other meridians; the lines of longitude.
Which lines measure distance of the prime meridian?
Longitude measures the distance east and west of the prime meridian.
What are the imaginary lines that measure distance on maps and globes?
east and west
What does latitude and longitude measure?
Location of a point on the surface of the earth.
Do the longitude lines on a globe measure the distance north and south or east and west?
They measure east and west
What are imaginary lines that run east to west and measure distance north and south of the equator called?
the answer is longitude and latitude lines
Do the lines of longitude on a globe measure the distance north and south or east and west?
east west
Do lines of longitude measure the distance of North and South or east and west on a globe?
east west
