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.