Earth Science Quiz 3.1: Finding Locations on the Earth

These are circles that run east and west but describe positions north and south of the equator.

• parallels
• meridians

• poles

• axis of rotation

What is the angular distance north or south of the equator?

• meridian

• The angle between the direction the geographic pole and the direction the compass needle points.

• magnetic declination

• a semicircle that runs from pole to pole

• great circle

• any circle that divides the globe in half or marks the circumference of the globe

• longitude

• the angular distance north or south of the equator

• latitude

• the angular distance measured in degrees east or west of the prime meridian

Each degree of latitude or longitude consists of 60 equal parts called what?

• minutes
• hours

• seconds

• miles

Which "colorful" town does the Prime Meridian run through? (name the town and country)

True or False:

The distance between degrees of latitude represents the same distance no matter how far south or north on the globe.

• TRUE

• FALSE

GPS is a satellite navigation system based on a global network of satellites and radio signals.

What do the letters GPS stand for?