Low Latitudes (Tropic Zone) are located between which lines?

Low Latitudes (Tropic Zone) are located between which lines?

• A. Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn
• B. Arctic Circle and Antarctic Circle
• C. Equator and Prime Meridian
• D. Tropic of Cancer and Antarctic Circle

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is knowing where the Tropic Zone, or low latitudes, lies on the globe. This zone stretches between the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere and the Tropic of Capricorn in the Southern Hemisphere, roughly 23.5 degrees north to 23.5 degrees south of the equator. That boundary matters because it’s the range where the sun can be directly overhead at some point in the year, which explains the warm, typically tropical climate found there. Arctic Circle and Antarctic Circle are polar regions near the poles, far outside the Tropics. The equator is the zero line of latitude, but the Prime Meridian is a longitude line, not a latitude boundary, so it doesn’t define the tropical zone.

The main idea here is knowing where the Tropic Zone, or low latitudes, lies on the globe. This zone stretches between the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere and the Tropic of Capricorn in the Southern Hemisphere, roughly 23.5 degrees north to 23.5 degrees south of the equator. That boundary matters because it’s the range where the sun can be directly overhead at some point in the year, which explains the warm, typically tropical climate found there.

Arctic Circle and Antarctic Circle are polar regions near the poles, far outside the Tropics. The equator is the zero line of latitude, but the Prime Meridian is a longitude line, not a latitude boundary, so it doesn’t define the tropical zone.