• Question: What is the difference between latitude and longitude?

    Asked by Achsu to Betty, Isaac, Kieran, Silvia, Will on 15 Nov 2016.
    • Photo: Betty Bonnardel-Azzarelli

      Betty Bonnardel-Azzarelli answered on 15 Nov 2016:

      Latitude and longitude are imaginary lines used to position things on the earth globe. If you look at the globe with the north pole up, latitude is parallel to the equator, while longitude is a vertical slice of earth.

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