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Green Bay, Wisconsin, is located at an imaginary line running north-south on the globe. What does the line represent?

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The line that runs north-south is called the prime meridian. The Prime Meridian separates the earth in and East hemisphere and a West hemisphere, much like the equator does for the north and south hemispheres.

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The imaginary line passing over Green Bay, Wisconsin, running 'north-south on the globe' represents the degrees of longitude.

Step-by-step explanation:

  • A longitude is an 'imaginary line' that runs vertically from the 'north pole' to the 'south pole' intersecting all the latitudes in its path making coordinate points.
  • The degrees on the longitude are denoted by the south direction in the 'southern hemisphere' and by the north direction in the 'northern hemisphere'.
  • As the longitudes move towards the poles from the 'equator', the distance between them goes on decreasing.
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