Latitude/Longitude Practice

What is the name for the imaginary lines that run east to west, like you see in this picture?

• latitude

• longitude

What is the name for the imaginary lines that run north to south, like you see in this picture?

• latitude

• longitude

What unit are latitude/longitude coordinates measured in?

• feet

• miles

• degrees

• centimeters

What is another name for 0° latitude?

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

What is another name for 0° longitude?

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

Find the red dot. What are its lat/long coordinates?

• 40° N, 100° W

• 80° N, 50° E

• 100° N, 40° W

• 60°S, 120° E

Find the red dot. What are its lat/long coordinates?

• 40° S, 60° W

• 40° N, 60° E

• 60° N, 40° E

• 0°, 80° E

Find the red dot. What are its lat/long coordinates?

• 40° S, 40° W

• 120° W, 0°

• 0°, 100° W

• 0°, 120° W

In what hemisphere is the red dot located in?

• northern hemisphere

• southern hemisphere

In what hemispheres is the red dot located in?

(Choose TWO answers. North/South? East/West?)

• northern hemisphere

• southern hemisphere

• western hemisphere

• eastern hemisphere