Question

Fill in the Blank:
Latitudes and longitudes form a ______.

Answer 1

Latitudes and longitudes form a grid.

Like latitude, longitude is measured in degrees, minutes, and seconds. Lines connecting equal points of longitude are called meridians. But unlike parallels, meridians do not run parallel to each other. Rather they are farthest apart from each other at the equator and merge toward each other toward the poles.