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Test your knowledge of latitude and longitude basics.
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1
Lines of latitude and longitude accurately locate a place anywhere on Earth.
True
False
2
What is the unit of measurement lines of latitude and longitude are measured in?
degrees (o)
compass points (N, S, E, W)
dugongs
degrees (o) and compass points (N, S, E, W)
3
How many hemispheres do the lines of 0
o
latitude and 0
o
longitude divide the world into?
3
4
2
1
4
Lines of longitude are called -
Imaginary lines
Meridians of longitude
Parallels of longitude
Grid lines
5
Lines of latitude are located between the -
Prime Meridian and the International Date Line
North Pole and the South Pole
6
What is the maximum number of degrees it is possible to move north or south of the Equator?
360o
90o
0o
180o
7
What is the name of the line of latitude located at 23.5
o
N?
Tropic of Cancer
Antarctic Circle
Tropic of Capricorn
Arctic Circle
8
What are the names of the world's 3 climate zones?
Cold, wet and hot
Polar, temperate and hot
Equator, North and South Pole
Polar, temperate and tropical
9
What is the name of the line of latitude located at 66.5
o
S?
Antarctic Circle
Tropic of Capricorn
Arctic Circle
Tropic of Cancer
10
What does latitude determine?
Time zones
Climate zones
11
Lines of latitude and longitude form a grid pattern on a map.
True
False
12
Lines of latitude and longitude are imaginary lines.
True
False
13
What is the name given to the line of latitude located at 23.5
o
S?
Arctic Circle
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
Antarctic Circle
14
How many degrees is the International Date Line away from the Prime Meridian?
360o
180o
90o
0o
15
Lines of latitude are called -
Grid lines
Parallels of latitude
Imaginary lines
Meridians of latitude
16
The main line of latitude is called the -
North pole
Equator
Tropic of Capricorn
Prime Meridian
17
What is the name of the line of latitude located at 66.5
o
N?
Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of Cancer
Antarctic Circle
Arctic Circle
18
Lines of latitude divide the Earth into two hemispheres called the -
Southern and Eastern hemispheres
Eastern and Western hemispheres
Northern and Southern hemispheres
Northern and western hemispheres
19
Lines of longitude divide the Earth into two hemispheres called the -
Northern and Southern Hemispheres
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
Northern and Eastern Hemispheres
Eastern and Southern Hemispheres
20
What is the name of the line of longitude located at 0
o
?
International Date Line
Prime Meridian
