Latitude Quiz

What is latitude?

• The distance between the east and west poles

• The distance between the north and south poles

• The east-west position of a point on the Earth's surface

• The north-south position of a point on the Earth's surface

What is the range of latitude?

• 0° to 360°

• –90° to 90°

• –180° to 180°

• 0° to 180°

What are lines of constant latitude called?

• Equators

• Parallels

• Tropics

• Meridians

What is the geodetic latitude of a point?

• The angle formed between the vector perpendicular to the equator and the plane of the ellipsoidal surface

• The angle formed between the vector perpendicular to the ellipsoidal surface and the plane of the equator

• The angle formed between the vector perpendicular to the equator and the plane of the geoid

• The angle formed between the vector perpendicular to the geoid and the plane of the equator

What is the purpose of latitude and longitude?

• To specify the time zone of a location on the Earth's surface

• To specify the distance between two locations on the Earth's surface

• To specify the north-south and east-west position of a location on the Earth's surface

• To specify the height of a location on the Earth's surface