Longitude is the imaginary line that runs from the east to the west and thus, is the distance between the two. Latitude, however, is the line that runs from north to the south. The prime meridian is at zero degrees longitude. It<span> runs through the United Kingdom, France, Spain, western Africa, and Antarctica</span>
Animals and plants need to get rid of carbon dioxide gas through a process called respiration. Carbon moves from fossil fuels to the atmosphere when fuels are burned. When humans burn fossil fuels to power factories, power plants, cars and trucks, most of the carbon quickly enters the atmosphere as carbon dioxide gas.