Latitude and Longitude

Why do people use latitude and longitude?

• To find absolute location

• To identify symbols on the map

• To measure distance on a map

• To know directions on a map

What is the name of the line at 0 degrees LATITUDE?

• Tropic of Cancer

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• South Pole

What line separates the northern and southern hemispheres?

• Arctic Circle

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• International Dateline

What is a hemisphere?

• half of the earth or globe

• 90 degrees

• a fear of hems

• an imaginary line

Which of the following people would be most likely to use latitude and longitude?

• a chef

• a nurse

• a pilot

• a farmer

What is the line of LONGITUDE at 0 degrees?

• Antarctic Circle

• International Dateline

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

What two hemispheres are separated by the Prime Meridian?

• The United States and Asia

• Eastern and Western

• Northern and Southern

• Northern and Western

What is the maximum (highest) degree mark for latitude?

• 50

• 70

• 90

• 180

Where would you be if your latitude was 90 degrees south?

• on the Equator

• in the Arctic Ocean

• on the Prime Meridian

• at the South Pole

Which of the following lines is north of the Equator?

• Antarctic Circle

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Tropic of Cancer

• South Pole