What are latitude and longitude?
Latitude

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Geography
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8th Grade
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Hard
Jadranka Pereska
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10 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Real lines on a two-dimensional map
Real lines on a three-dimensional ball
Imaginary lines on a two-dimensional map
Imaginary lines on a three-dimensional ball
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the line that divides the earth into northern and southern hemispheres?
Equator
Tropic of Cancer
Arctic Circle
Prime Meridian
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the latitude of the North Pole?
180 degrees
45 degrees
90 degrees
0 degrees
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the latitude of the South Pole?
-45 degrees
0 degrees
-90 degrees
-180 degrees
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which line divides the earth into western and eastern hemispheres?
Tropic of Cancer
Prime Meridian
Equator
Arctic Circle
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the longitude of the Prime Meridian?
0 degrees
45 degrees
90 degrees
180 degrees
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How is the time difference between two places calculated using longitude?
Every degree is a one-minute difference
Every degree is a four-minute difference
Every degree is a two-minute difference
Every degree is a three-minute difference
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