horizontal lines represent latitude and vertical lines represent longitude
Latitude
Parallel lines are lines that, if extended, would never intersect with eachother. This means that they are going in the same direction, eg. | |, but not | \. Horizontal means that that are going across, eg. ___________________, not |. An example of a lines that are parallel and horizontal: _____________________________________ _____________________________________
imbrication lines
Yes.
Two.
a table formatted with horizontal lines is called
The horizontal lines are called latitudes and the vertical lines are called longitudes.
On the globe they are called lines of LATITUDE and are parallel to the equator.
They are parallel to the earth's equator. So if you consider the equator as being horizontal then they are horizontal.
When they go from the top, then down.
because they are parallel to the plane of the horizon
The horizontal lines are called latitudes and the vertical lines are called longitudes.
Latitude. It may be helpful to think of a ladder when trying to remember this, as Ladder sounds similar to latitude, and ladders have many horizontal bars.
Latitude
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Longitude, longitudinal As opposed to latitude (horizontal lines circling the earth.