The position of a place north or south of the equator is described
in terms of its latitude. Since we're talking about the surface of
a sphere, latitude is an angle, and its value is given in angle
measure.
Any unit of angle is fine ... degrees, radians, grads, etc., and if
you're given an angle in one unit, you can always easily change
it to a unit that you like better ... but 'degrees' has been the unit
used most often for latitude, and longitude too, practically since
the whole system was invented a few hundred years ago.
For parts of an angle smaller than a whole degree, 1/60 of a
degree (minutes) and 1/3600 of a degree (seconds) were used
traditionally for the first couple hundred years. But that ponderous,
inconvenient system is rapidly giving way now to plain old decimal
degrees, probably because those are easier for the computer to handle.
Where in the U.S. do hurricanes typically occur the most?
B.west coast
There is a device called a thermometer for that...
The generation of electricity through nuclear<span> energy reduces the amount of ... Less </span>use<span> of fossil fuels means lowering greenhouse gas emissions (CO</span>2<span> and ... </span>One<span> of the main </span>disadvantages<span> is the difficulty in the management of </span>nuclear<span> waste. </span>
