2006-10-07 08:29:00 · 14 answers · asked by chickenheadconvention 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
yes, the line of latitude at zero degrees isthe equator. The line of longtitude that goes through both north and south poles is the Greenwich Meridian from where world time is measured. the same line of longtitude becomes the International date line when it crosses a pole (check a globe)
2006-10-07 08:46:18 · answer #1 · answered by Quizard 7 · 10⤊ 0⤋
Because the earth revolves around its own north-south axis. The equator is the midpoint between the poles. Going south to west in opposite sides are the meridians which also determine the time zones. These are merely decided, though.
2006-10-07 15:35:05 · answer #2 · answered by Cold Bird 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By definition. There is a vertical line that is the longitude line, pass thru england and is the line zero as the same way The Ecuator is the horizontal line and is line zero
2006-10-07 17:41:16 · answer #3 · answered by class4 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The equator is the band that runs around the earth at its widest point. There is another band, called the Prime Meridian, that runs beween the physical North and South Poles.
2006-10-07 15:32:48 · answer #4 · answered by D-Money 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question, the equator is a man made measure so was only placed there as a mid point marker for a planet. There are measurements that are verticall, they are of less significance though I suppose.
2006-10-07 15:34:25 · answer #5 · answered by iusedtolooklikemyavatar 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
2 cents. Equator is north-south divisor. International date-line and "prime meridian" form same line east-west (longitudinally).
2006-10-07 15:55:20 · answer #6 · answered by sethsdadiam 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is the equidistant line drawn from the polar caps, where the earth's spins on its axis. any line that goes vertically is a meridian line.
2006-10-07 15:37:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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My gas is running out and my food supply is reduced to one rasher of bacon and a mouldy piece of cheese.
I have mice in my flat,due to my unhygenic habbits and I'm considering retrieving the poison I put down for them and eating it myself.
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2006-10-07 15:49:50 · answer #8 · answered by mickeok 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it divides the two hemispheres and would not work any other way. It is a line of latitude, the other way would be lines of longitude.
2006-10-07 15:33:46 · answer #9 · answered by tucksie 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i don't know...maybe it has something to do with the northern hemisphere being elected the top half of the world?...
perhaps since the aborigines are the oldest surviving people on earth, the antipodes should be the top tipodes?
or maybe we are spinning sideways?....
2006-10-07 15:42:04 · answer #10 · answered by swot 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋