The ______ lines measure north and south of the equator.

The ______ lines measure north and south of the equator.

• A. Latitude
• B. Longitude
• C. Meridian
• D. Equator

Answer: (A)

Latitude lines measure how far north or south you are from the equator. They run east to west around the globe and are called parallels, with values from 0° at the equator to 90° at the poles. Longitude lines, on the other hand, measure distance east or west from the Prime Meridian and run north to south. The equator is the specific 0° latitude line itself, not a measure. So the lines that quantify position north or south are latitude.

Latitude lines measure how far north or south you are from the equator. They run east to west around the globe and are called parallels, with values from 0° at the equator to 90° at the poles. Longitude lines, on the other hand, measure distance east or west from the Prime Meridian and run north to south. The equator is the specific 0° latitude line itself, not a measure. So the lines that quantify position north or south are latitude.