Location of the Philippines

Which does not belong to the three big groups of islands in the Philippines?

• Mindanao

• Luzon

• Manila

• Visayas

Philippines is located on the western edge of the Atlantic Ocean, along the Ring of Fire.

• True

• False

Philippines is the...

• first-largest archipelago

• second-largest archipelago

• third-largest archipelago

• second-smallest archipelago

It is the angular distance, in degrees, minutes, and seconds of a point NORTH or SOUTH of the Equator.

• Longitude

• Pole

• Location

• Latitude

Lines of latitude are often referred to as...

• lines

• parallels

• ruler

• adjacent

Latitude is shown as...

• Broken line

• Vertical line

• Diagonal line

• Horizontal line

An imaginary line which serves as a point of reference in measuring the distance going to the poles from north to south.

• Equator

• Longitude

• Latitude

• Location

The Equator is located at 0 degrees latitude.

• True

• False

Longitude is shown as...

• Vertical line

• Horizontal line

• Diagonal line

• Broken line

It is the angular distance, in degrees, minutes, and seconds, of a point EAST or WEST of the Prime (Greenwich) Meridian.

• Latitude

• Equator

• South Pole

• Longitude