Latitude and Longitude

What is Latitude and Longitude used for?

• Locating places on the globe

• Measuring distance between two points

• Determining the time zone

• Calculating the population density

Who devised the system of Latitude and Longitude?

• Hipparchus

• Copernicus

• Galileo

• Newton

What is the starting point for Latitude?

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Cancer

• Arctic Circle

What is the starting point for Longitude?

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Antarctic Circle

What is the latitude of the North Pole?

• 90 degrees N

• 0 degrees

• 23 degrees N

• 66 degrees N

What is the latitude of the South Pole?

• 90 degrees S

• 0 degrees

• 23 degrees S

• 66 degrees S

What is the latitude of the Tropic of Cancer?

• 23 degrees 26 minutes 11.9 seconds N

• 23 degrees 26 minutes 11.9 seconds S

• 66 degrees 33 minutes 44 seconds N

• 66 degrees 33 minutes 44 seconds S

What is the latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn?

• 23 degrees 26 minutes 11.9 seconds S

• 23 degrees 26 minutes 11.9 seconds N

• 66 degrees 33 minutes 44 seconds S

• 66 degrees 33 minutes 44 seconds N

What is the latitude of the Arctic Circle?

• 66 degrees 33 minutes 44 seconds N

• 66 degrees 33 minutes 44 seconds S

• 23 degrees 26 minutes 11.9 seconds N

• 23 degrees 26 minutes 11.9 seconds S

What is the latitude of the Antarctic Circle?

• 66 degrees 33 minutes 44 seconds S

• 66 degrees 33 minutes 44 seconds N

• 23 degrees 26 minutes 11.9 seconds S

• 23 degrees 26 minutes 11.9 seconds N