Grid Reference What is grid reference?

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Grid Reference What is grid reference?

• ✓Grid reference is the way of locating places on a map using latitudes and longitudes.

Qns. Lines of latitude/latitudes
✓ Lines of latitude are imaginary lines drawn on a map or globe from East to West.
✓ They are also called Parallels.
Qns. Give the reason why lines of latitude are also called Northings.
✓ They increase their degrees northwards.
Qns. What is latitude?
✓ Latitude is the distance of a place North or South of the Equator.
Qns. Name the major line of latitude marked 0o
✓ Equator
Qns. Give the reasons why the Equator is marked O0.
✓ Equator is the starting point of other lines of latitude.
✓ Equator is the midpoint of the world.
✓ Equator is the centre line on the globe.
✓ Equator divides the world into two equal hemispheres.
Qns. State any two reasons why the Equator is regarded as the major line of latitude.
✓ It divides the world into two equal hemispheres.
✓ It is the starting line of other latitudes.
Qns. Apart from Equator, name any other four important lines of latitude.
✓ The tropic of cancer 2312N.
✓ The tropic of Capricorn 2312S.
✓ The Arctic Circle 66o12N.
✓ The Antarctic Circle 66o12S.
Qns. What do we call an area between tropic of cancer and tropic of Capricorn?
✓ Tropical region