What is the equator?

Exploring Latitudes and Longitudes for Class 5

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Emma Peterson
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A real line on the Earth's surface
A line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole
An imaginary line that divides the Earth into two equal hemispheres
A line that is only found on maps of the moon
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What are latitudes?
Lines that divide the Earth into eastern and western hemispheres
Real lines on the Earth's surface
Imaginary lines parallel to the equator
Lines that run from the North Pole to the South Pole
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the Tropic of Cancer?
A latitude at 90 degrees S
A latitude at 66.5 degrees N
A longitude at 23.5 degrees E
A special latitude at 23.5 degrees N
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the prime meridian?
A latitude at 180 degrees
A latitude at 0 degrees
A longitude at 0 degrees
A longitude at 90 degrees
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Where do the longitudes from the east and west meet?
At the Tropic of Capricorn
At the 180th meridian
At the equator
At the prime meridian
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How do latitudes and longitudes differ in terms of their direction?
Latitudes run east-west, longitudes run north-south
Latitudes run north-south, longitudes run east-west
Both run in the same direction
Latitudes run diagonally, longitudes run horizontally
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the latitude at each pole?
0 degrees
45 degrees
90 degrees
180 degrees
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