Question

Latitude lines go up to ____ degrees at the North pole and ___ degrees down the South Pole.

Answer 1

Answer:

Latitude lines go up to 90 degrees at the North pole and 90 degrees down the South pole.

Explanation:

Humans, in order to satisfy their needs, have created imaginary lines across Earth. One of these lines cut Earth from north to south, thus are roughly vertical, while the other ones cut Earth from east to west, thus are horizontal. The lines that run from east to west are called latitude lines, while the ones that run fron north to south are called longitude lines.

The latitude lines start off from the Equator which cuts Earth into two equal parts - Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere. The Equator has 0 degrees latitude and the latitude lines extend to 90 degrees north and 90 degrees south. These lines are used for navigation, determining coordinates, but are also good indicators of Earth's climate zones and biomes.

Answer 2

Answer:

Latitude lines go up to 90 degrees at the North pole and 90 degrees down the South Pole.

Explanation:

A spatial coordinate that defines the north–south direction of a point on the Earth's surface is known as latitude. The word "latitude" refers to an angle that varies from 0° at the Equator to 90° (North or South) at the poles. Parallels, or lines of fixed latitude, run east–west as arcs parallel to the equator. The terms latitude and longitude are used to describe the approximate positions of features on the Earth's surface. The term latitude should be understood to refer to the geodetic latitude as described below. In a nutshell, geodetic latitude is the angle created by the vector perpendicular to the ellipsoidal surface from that point and the equatorial plane.