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What is Latitude?

(20 point Maximum) Find the answers at the Latitude site.

    1.) Write down a few things to explain latitude. (5 points)

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    2.) What is the largest and most important latitude line? What is it's degree? (4 points)

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    3.) If you travel south or north, do the latitude line degree numbers increase, or decrease? (2 points)

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    4.) What would I find at 90° North Latitude? What would the weather be like? (3 points)

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    5.)  What would I find at 90° South Latitude? What would the weather be like? (3 points)

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    6.) Are latitude lines parallel or perpendicular to each other? (3 points)

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