LATITUDES AND LONGITUDES - Pre-Learning

Lines of _____________ are imaginary lines that run in an east to west. 

• latitudes

• longitudes

• Prime Meridian

Lines of ____________ are imaginary lines that run from top to bottom on a globe i.e from north to south.  

• latitudes

• longitudes

• Prime Meridian

  The __________ divides the Earth into northern and southern hemisphere.

 

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• None of the above

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

• Prime Meridian

• North Pole

• South Pole

• Equator

The _________________ is an important line of longitude at 90^o.

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

Identify the FALSE statement:

The lines of latitude and longitude helps:

• Locate a particular place on a map

• Forecast the weather

• Sailors and pilots

•   Birds fly from place to place

  South-east  (SE), north-west  (NW), south-west  (SW), north-east (NE) are called ________________ directions.

• Cardinal       

• Main

• Intermediate

• none of the above

Observe the given world map and answer the following questions:

The Southern Hemisphere lies  __________ the Equator.

• above

• below

Observe the given world map and answer the following questions:

Which one of these continents lie completely in the Southern Hemisphere? 

• Asia

• South America

• North America

• Australia

Observe the given world map and answer the following questions:

What two continents does the equator cross?

• North America and South America

• Africa and South America

• Africa and Europe

• Australia