Which lines run from the North Pole to the South Pole?

Which lines run from the North Pole to the South Pole?

• A. Longitude
• B. Latitude
• C. Equator
• D. Grid System

Answer: (A)

Lines that run from the North Pole to the South Pole are lines of longitude. These meridians extend from pole to pole and measure a location’s east-west position relative to the Prime Meridian. Latitude lines, by contrast, form circles around the globe parallel to the equator and never run from pole to pole. The equator is a specific latitude line that circles the Earth halfway between the poles. A grid system uses both latitude and longitude to pinpoint places on the globe, but the feature that connects the poles is longitude.

Lines that run from the North Pole to the South Pole are lines of longitude. These meridians extend from pole to pole and measure a location’s east-west position relative to the Prime Meridian. Latitude lines, by contrast, form circles around the globe parallel to the equator and never run from pole to pole. The equator is a specific latitude line that circles the Earth halfway between the poles. A grid system uses both latitude and longitude to pinpoint places on the globe, but the feature that connects the poles is longitude.