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What are the lines of the globe called?
latitude and longitude
What are the lines on the globe that look like a checkerboard called?
the lines on the globe are called longitude and latitude lines the longitude lines go up and down while the latitude lines go left to right
What are lines called where latitude and longitude intersect?
-- The place where a latitude intersects a longitude is a point, not a line. -- There are an infinite number of different longitudes, and each latitude intersects all of them. -- There are an infinite number of different latitudes, and each longitude intersects all of them. -- So you can see that there are a truly huge number of intersections. In fact, every point on Earth is an intersection of one latitude and one longitude, and no two points on Earth are the same intersection. On account of all that, there are no names.
What is another name for parallel lines?
latitude lines is another name for parallels and longitude lines are called meridians
What is the the line at 0 degrees is called?
Zero longitude is the prime meridian. Zero latitude is the Equator.
