Invisible Navigation Grid

            Today in the wonderful Honor's Human Geography Class with Mr. Schick we talked about latitude and longitude lines. We learned that these lines serve as an invisible navigation grid to Earth. This navigation system allows any given location in the world to be represented by a group of coordinates. This system is used by navigators anywhere in the world. The Longitude lines go vertical and can range from 0 degrees to 180 degrees east or west. Latitude lines travel horizontally from 0 degrees to 90 degrees north or south. We also talked about lines like The Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn, the Equator, and the Prime Meridian. The Equator rests at 0 degrees and runs horizontally around the world. The Tropic of Cancer is North of the Equator and The Tropic of Capricorn is south of the Equator. Finally, the Prime Meridian is the Longitude Line that measures 0 degrees. The Prime Meridian actually passes right through Greenwich, England. Then the bell rang and ended class.

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