Q3. name the lines, which run parallel to the equator in the northern and the southern hemispheres.

Question

Q3. name the lines, which run parallel to the equator in the northern and the southern hemispheres.

Answer 1

These are called Parallels of Latitude. There are four important ones. These are:

Tropic of Capricorn,

Tropic of Cancer

Arctic Circle and

Antarctic Circle.

The lines that run from pole to pole, meeting at the poles, are called Meridians of Longitude. The two important ones are:

International Date Line (at 180 degrees) and

Greenwich Meridan at zero degrees.

Answer 2

Parallels of latitude.

Answer 3

tropic of cancer, tropic of capricorn

Answer 4

Lines of Latitude plus the tropic of Cancer and the tropic of Capricorn.