Latitude indicates position north or south of the equator, while longitude indicates position east or west of the prime meridian.

Latitude indicates position north or south of the equator, while longitude indicates position east or west of the prime meridian.

• A. North/south only
• B. East/west only
• C. Both north/south and east/west
• D. Neither

Answer: (C)

Latitude tells you how far north or south you are relative to the equator, while longitude tells you how far east or west you are relative to the prime meridian. Together they provide two perpendicular directions that locate any point on Earth. Latitude lines run parallel to the equator and measure north–south position, and longitude lines run from pole to pole and measure east–west position. Because you need both directions to pinpoint a location, the statement is correct. Saying it’s only north/south or only east/west would miss half of the needed information, and saying neither would be false since these coordinates do locate positions.

Latitude tells you how far north or south you are relative to the equator, while longitude tells you how far east or west you are relative to the prime meridian. Together they provide two perpendicular directions that locate any point on Earth. Latitude lines run parallel to the equator and measure north–south position, and longitude lines run from pole to pole and measure east–west position. Because you need both directions to pinpoint a location, the statement is correct. Saying it’s only north/south or only east/west would miss half of the needed information, and saying neither would be false since these coordinates do locate positions.