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Latitude & Longitude
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Test your knowledge of latitude and longitude basics.
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Line of latitude that divides the Earth into the North and South Hemisphere?
Prime Meridian
Equator
Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of Cancer
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Lines of latitude and longitude form a grid pattern on a map.
False
True
3
What does latitude determine?
Climate zones
Time zones
4
Line that divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western hemispheres is called the
International Dateline
Equator
North Pole
Prime Meridian
5
Lines of latitude and longitude accurately locate a place anywhere on Earth.
True
False
6
What is the name of the line of longitude located at 0
o
?
Prime Meridian
International Date Line
7
What are the names of the world's 3 climate zones?
Polar, temperate and tropical
Cold, wet and hot
Polar, temperate and hot
Equator, North and South Pole
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Lines of latitude are located between the -
Prime Meridian and the International Date Line
North Pole and the South Pole
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What is the unit of measurement lines of latitude and longitude are measured in?
degrees (o)
degrees (o) and compass points (N, S, E, W)
dugongs
compass points (N, S, E, W)
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What is the unit of measurement lines of latitude and longitude are measured in?
compass points (N, S, E, W)
degrees (o) and compass points (N, S, E, W)
degrees (o)
dugongs
11
Another name for lines of latitude is
Meridians
Contour Lines
Grid lines
Parallels
12
How many hemispheres do the lines of 0
o
latitude and 0
o
longitude divide the world into?
1
4
2
3
13
What is the maximum number of degrees it is possible to move north or south of the Equator?
360o
90o
180o
0o
14
How many degrees is the International Date Line away from the Prime Meridian?
360o
180o
90o
0o
15
Lines of longitude are also called
Scale Lines
Parallels
Meridians
Contour Intervals
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How many hemispheres do the lines of 0
o
latitude and 0
o
longitude divide the world into?
2
3
1
4
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What is the unit of measurement lines of latitude and longitude are measured in?
degrees (o)
degrees (o) and compass points (N, S, E, W)
compass points (N, S, E, W)
dugongs
