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A "parallel" is a line comprised of all the points on Earth with the same latitude ...
the angle measured north or south of the equator. Each parallel is a full circle, that
crosses all meridians.
A "meridian" is a line comprised of all the points on Earth with the same longitude ...
the angle measured east or west from the Prime Meridian. Each meridian is a half-
circle, that crosses all parallels.
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What is the shape of parallels and meridians?
What id the shape of parallers and maridians
What is the angle of intersection of all parallels and meridians on the earth?
90 degrees
Parallels are used to measure longitude or latitude?
latitude longitudes are known as meridians
Can meridians of longitude to be parallel?
No. One characteristic of parallels is that they never meet or intersect.But all of the meridians of longitude meet at both the north pole andthe south pole.
What is another name for parallel lines?
latitude lines is another name for parallels and longitude lines are called meridians
