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Latitude Lines
• Parallel• Run east to west• Used to measure distance
north and south of equator• Equator is 0 degrees latitude• Poles are located at 90
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Longitude Lines• Intersect at the poles• Run north to south• Used to measure distance east
and west of the Prime Meridian• Prime Meridian is 0 longitude• Prime Meridian runs through the Royal Naval
Observatory in Greenwich, England
• International Date Line is located at 180 E/W
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• Equator• Northern/Southern
Hemispheres• Prime Meridian• Eastern/Western
Hemispheres
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S
EW
1. 60 N, 80 W
2. 20 N, 100 E
3. 60 S, 65 W
4. 10 S, 170 E
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Distort1.1.pull or twist out of shape."a grimace distorted her fine mouth"
•become twisted out of shape."the pipe will distort as you bend it"2.2.give a misleading or false account or impression of."many factors can distort the results"
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7.5 minute quadrangle OR1:24,000 scale map