Latitude- Longitude Vocabulary Review

What is latitude?

• Measurement of temperature on Earth

• Angular distance of a location on Earth -North or South from the Equator

• Distance between two locations on Earth

What is longitude?

• Longitude is angular distance that specifies the east-west position of the Prime Meridian.

• Longitude is a term used to describe the distance between two points on a map.

• Longitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the north-south position of a point on the Earth's surface.

What is Polaris?

• South Star

• East Star

• West Star

• North Star

What is the Prime Meridian?

• An imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole at 0 degrees Longitude.

• A line that marks the equator.

• O degrees Latitude

What is the Equator?

• A line that marks the boundary between the Earth's atmosphere and outer space.

• A line that separates the Earth's landmasses from its oceans.

• An imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere at 0 degrees latitude.

• A line that divides the Earth into the Eastern Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere.

What is the North Pole?

• The North Pole is located in Antarctica.

• The North Pole is a fictional place.

• It is the northernmost point on Earth at 90 degrees North Latitude.

• The North Pole is a mountain peak in the Himalayas.

What is the South Pole?

• The North Pole

• 90 degrees South

• The Equator

• The Tropic of Cancer

Which line divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Cancer

• Arctic Circle

Which line divides the Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres?

• Prime Meridian

• International Date Line

• Tropic of Cancer

• Equator

Which star is used as a reference point for latitude in the Northern Hemisphere?

• Vega

• Betelgeuse

• North Star or Polaris

• Sirius