Science

• Coordinate System is an arrangement of reference lines or imaginary lines on the globe.
• By means of coordinate system the position or location of any place on Earth’s surface can be determined and described.
• Latitude - imaginary lines running from east to west on the Earth’s surface.
• Equator - horizontal line that divides the Earth into 2 hemispheres

  (Northern and Southern)
• Equator - it is measured at 0° latitude and is considered the longest latitude.
• Lines of latitude are often referred to as parallels.
• Longitude - gives the measurements east or west of the Prime Meridian.
• Longitude - running from the North Pole to the South Pole
• Prime meridian - longest longitude
• International Date Line - 180° on opposite side of Earth from Prime Meridian
• Longitude of Prime Meridian: 0°
• Prime meridian - divides the world into Eastern and Western hemisphere.
• From the prime Meridian, you go East or West to the International Date Line
• Earth’s Coordinate System is based on lines of Latitude and

  Longitude