Latitude and Longitude

Front

What is the name of this line at 0 degrees latitude?

Back

Equator

Front

Back

The map shows the lines of longitude.

Front

Back

The map shows lines of latitude.

Front

Latitude and longitude are measured in ________.

Back

degrees

Front

What is the name of the line at zero degrees longitude?

Back

Prime Meridian

Front

A _______________ is exactly half of the earth.

Back

Hemisphere

Front

Lines of ______ measure how far from the equator a place is located?

Back

Latitude

Front

The equator divides the Earth into what two hemispheres?

Back

Northern and Southern

Front

Lines of longitude are also called ____________.

Back

Meridians

Front

To locate the exact places on Earth, one must look at:

Back

the intersecting lines of latitude and longitude