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Duplicate of Latitude & Longitude
Duplicate of Latitude & Longitude
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Test your knowledge of latitude and longitude basics.
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1
Lines of longitude divide the Earth into two hemispheres called the -
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
Eastern and Southern Hemispheres
Northern and Eastern Hemispheres
Northern and Southern Hemispheres
2
What is the name of the line of latitude located at 66.5
o
N?
Tropic of Capricorn
Arctic Circle
Antarctic Circle
Tropic of Cancer
3
What does latitude determine?
Time zones
Climate zones
4
Lines of latitude are located between the -
Prime Meridian and the International Date Line
North Pole and the South Pole
5
Lines of latitude and longitude are imaginary lines.
True
False
6
What is the name of the Longitude Line that runs at 180 degrees
North Pole Axis
South Pole Axis
Prime Meridian
International Date Line
7
Lines of latitude and longitude form a grid pattern on a map.
False
True
8
How many hemispheres do the lines of 0
o
latitude and 0
o
longitude divide the world into?
2
3
1
4
9
The main line of latitude is called the -
Equator
Tropic of Capricorn
North pole
Prime Meridian
10
What is the name of the line of latitude located at 23.5
o
N?
Arctic Circle
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
Antarctic Circle
11
Lines of longitude are called -
Grid lines
Meridians of longitude
Imaginary lines
Parallels of longitude
12
Lines of latitude and longitude accurately locate a place anywhere on Earth.
False
True
13
What is the unit of measurement lines of latitude and longitude are measured in?
dugongs
compass points (N, S, E, W)
degrees (o)
degrees (o) and compass points (N, S, E, W)
14
What is the maximum number of degrees it is possible to move north or south of the Equator?
180o
360o
0o
90o
15
What is the name of the line of latitude located at 66.5
o
S?
Antarctic Circle
Arctic Circle
Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of Cancer
16
Lines of latitude divide the Earth into two hemispheres called the -
Eastern and Western hemispheres
Northern and Southern hemispheres
Northern and western hemispheres
Southern and Eastern hemispheres
17
What is the name of the line of longitude located at 0
o
?
International Date Line
Prime Meridian
18
What is the name given to the line of latitude located at 23.5
o
S?
Tropic of Cancer
Arctic Circle
Antarctic Circle
Tropic of Capricorn
19
How many degrees is the International Date Line away from the Prime Meridian?
180o
90o
360o
0o
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Lines of latitude are called -
Parallels of latitude
Imaginary lines
Meridians of latitude
Grid lines