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Latitude + Longitude Together
Latitude + Longitude Together
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What is latitude?
lines that goes east and west and measures north south
an invisible line that goes north and south,
an invisible line that goes north south and measures north south,
lines that goes east west but measures east west
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What line indicates the most northern area of direct sunlight?
Arctic Circle
Equator
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
3
What are the purposes of latitude?
Climate, time zone, and daylight savings time
Compass direction, scale, and location
Location, time zones, and distance
Climate, location, and distance
4
Lines of latitude are also called
Meridians
Parallels
Tropics
Equators
5
What degree of latitude is the North pole located at?
60 degrees
90 degrees
180 degrees
45 degrees
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The international date line is found at
360
90
145
180
7
The highest degree of latitude is
90
45
180
145
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Turn to pg 120 and find the city at 22° S, 43° W
Rio de Janeiro
Sao Paulo
Winnipeg?
Santos
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Turn to pg 126 and find the city at 33° N, 6.° W
Morocoo
Rabat
Casablanca
Algiers
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What is longitude?
imaginary lines that go east west and measures north and south
imaginary lines that go east west and measures north and south
imaginary lines that go north south and measures north south
imaginary lines that go north south and measures east west
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The highest degree of longitude is
180
145
45
90
12
When writing coordinates, what do you write first?
Latitude
Longitude
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What is the proper way to write 50 1/4°N Latitude and 124 1/2°E Longitude
50°N and 124°E
124° 50'E and 50° 25'N
50° 15'N and 124° 30' E
50° 25'N and 124° 50'E
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Lines of longitude are also called
Parallels
Tropics
Equator
Meridians
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Latitude and longitude are broken into smaller units than degrees which are called
kilometers and miles
minutes and seconds
meters and centimeters
Itsies and bitsies
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Is this place North or South of the Equator?
South
North
17
Turn to pg 112 and Find the city at 39° N, 104° W. What city is it?
Montrose
Colorado Springs
Sterling
Denver
18
When crossing the International Dateline going west, what do you do
Move the clock ahead 1 day
Move the clock ahead 1 hour
Move the clock back 1 day
Move the clock back 1 hour
19
On pg 56 what is Seattle's coordinates?
POWER LEVEL OVER 9000!!!!!!!!!!!
122° W, 47° N
50o N, 120o W
47° N, 122° W
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What line is located at 66.5° S
Tropic of Capricorn
International Dateline
Arctic Circle
Antarctic Circle
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What does the tilt of the earth cause?
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Daylight
Seasons
22
What is the angle of the earth?
5°
15°
66.5°
23.5°
23
How many kilometers are between a line of latitude?
120
111
110
100
24
Turn to pg 126 and find Antananarivo's coordinates
19o S 47o E
50o E 20o S
20o S 50o E
47o E 19o S
25
What is latitude and longitude most useful for together?
Doing something
Finding places
Understanding Climate
Determining time zones
26
Where can I find 24 hours of darkness on June 21?
Along the International Dateline
Around the Equator
South of the Antarctic Circle
North of the Arctic Circle
27
What does the North Pole always point at?
Tropic of Cancer
The North Star
Santa Claus
North
28
Turn to pg 136 and find Stockholm's coordinates
60o N 20o E
18o E 59o N
59o N 18o E
20o E 60o N
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Turn to the last pg, what is Easter islands coordinates?
109° W, 27° S
27° S, 109° W
110o W, 30o S
30o S, 110o W
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What is the name for the 0 degree line of longitude
The Prime Meridian
The Equator
The International Dateline
The Tropic of Cancer
