GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -The equator is the most well known parallel. At 0 degrees latitude, it equally divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres. From the equator, latitude increases as you travel north or south, reaching 90 degrees at each pole.

Detailed explanation-2: -The name is derived from medieval Latin word aequator, in the phrase circulus aequator diei et noctis, meaning ‘circle equalizing day and night’, from the Latin word aequare ‘make equal’.

Detailed explanation-3: -the equator (0°) the Tropic of Cancer (23.5° north) the Tropic of Capricorn (23.5° south)

Detailed explanation-4: -What are the Major Lines of Latitude (or Parallels)? The five major parallels of latitudes from north to south are called: Arctic Circle, Tropic of Cancer, Equator, Tropic of Capricorn, and the Antarctic Circle.