Locating Places

_________is a small model of the earth.

• Map

• Ball

• Globe

• Apple

The imaginary circles on the earth are known as _________.

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Equator

• Grid

Set of semicircles on the globe are known as __________.

• Latitudes

• Grid

• Longitude

• Equator

________is the most important and the longest Latitude.

• Prime Meridian

• Parallel

• Main Meridian

• Equator

The Equator divides the earth in two equal halves ____________________.

• Northern and Southern Hemisphere

• Western and Eastern Hemisphere

The movement of the earth on its axis is _________.

• Revolution

• Rotation

The earth takes __________ to rotate one degree.

• 1 minute

• 24 hours

• 4 minutes

• 48 hours

Which latitude is at 23½ ° N?

• Arctic Circle

• Antarctic Circle

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Tropic of Cancer

The latitudes and longitudes form a network of lines called a _________.

• Grid

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Parallels

The 180 degrees longitude is known as ______________.

• International Date Line

• Prime Meridian