Latitude and Longitude Word Search
Play a Latitude and Longitude word search free online. We built the 12-word list around the terms and ideas of a school subject, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Words to find: LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, EQUATOR, MERIDIAN, PRIME, GREENWICH, TROPIC, CANCER, CAPRICORN, ARCTIC, HEMISPHERE, PARALLEL.
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Latitude and Longitude word list, defined
- LATITUDE /ˈlætɪtjuːd/ · noun
- The angular distance of a place north or south of the Earth's equator, measured in degrees, minutes, and seconds, or in decimal degrees. The latitude of a place is its distance from the equator, with 0° latitude at the equator and increasing to 90° at the North Pole and -90° at the South Pole. Related: altitude, elevation, height, position.
- LONGITUDE /ˈlɒndʒɪtʃdʒən/ · noun
- The distance, measured in degrees, minutes, and seconds, east or west of the prime meridian at Greenwich, London, used to locate a point on the Earth's surface. Related: latitude, position, location, co-ordinates.
- EQUATOR /ɪˈkweɪtər/ · noun
- The imaginary line around the middle of the Earth, equidistant from the North and South Poles, dividing the planet into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. By extension, a similar line around any rotating celestial body or sphere.
- MERIDIAN /məˈrɪdiən/ · noun
- A line on a map or globe that connects points of equal longitude, or the time of day at a particular place on the Earth's surface, especially when it is at its highest or lowest point in the sky. Related: longitude, line of longitude, prime meridian.
- PRIME /praɪm/ · adjective, noun
- Being such in essential or characteristic features; fundamental. A number that is divisible only by itself and 1. Related: chief, principal, fundamental, basic.
- TROPIC /ˈtrɒpɪk/ · noun
- A region of the Earth surrounding the equator, characterized by a relatively constant temperature and high levels of rainfall. A tropical region or climate. Related: tropical, equatorial, torrid, sultry.
- CANCER /ˈkænsər/ · noun
- A disease in which abnormal cells divide uncontrollably and can invade surrounding tissues or spread to other parts of the body; also, by extension, something harmful that spreads destructively within a society or organization. Related: malignancy, tumor, carcinoma, neoplasm.
- ARCTIC /ˈɑːrktɪk/ · noun and adjective
- As a noun, the Arctic is the polar region surrounding the North Pole. As an adjective, it describes things relating to that region or, figuratively, extreme cold. Related: polar, northern, frigid, glacial.
- HEMISPHERE /hɛmɪˈsfɪər/ · noun
- Either half of a sphere, especially the Earth, including all the land and water on one side of the equator or prime meridian. A half of a sphere, especially one of the two halves into which the Earth is divided by the equator or prime meridian. Related: half, side, region, sector.
- PARALLEL /ˈpærələl/ · adjective, verb, noun
- Extending or lying in the same direction, or moving side by side; having the same pitch or tone. To place or arrange (things) side by side, or in a line. Related: coincident, concurrent, simultaneous, adjacent.
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