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