Fill in the Blanks Parallerls and meridiansOnline version review the Parallerls and meridians by Juan RoldPo 1 Capricorn Greenwich north Antartic Circle East PARALLELS MERIDIANS MERIDIANS west PARALLELS MERIDIANS Topic PARALLELS south MERIDIANS between MERIDIANS PARALLEL PARALLELS - Lines parallel to the Equator . - The Equator is the parallel zero . - Lines that run from pole to pole . - The Greenwich Meridian is the meridian zero . - The are other parallels : of Cancer Tropic of Artic Circle - They measure longitude . - Longitude is the distance any point on Earth and the Meridian . - They measure latitude . - Latitude is the distance between any point on Earth and the Equator . - They are measured in degrees from the Prime Meridian at 0º to 180º ( E ) or ( W ) . - They are measured in degrees from the Equator at 0º to 90º ( N ) or ( S ) at the poles .