Geo Vocab List 2

Front

0° latitude is the ___________.

Back

Equator

Front

0° longitude is the ___________ ______________ from Greenwich, England.

Back

Prime Meridian

Front

Map shows lines of longitude.

Back

Lines of longitude.

Front

Map shows lines of latitude.

Back

Lines of latitude.

Front

A hemisphere is half of a sphere. Earth has 4 hemispheres: Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western.

Back

True

Front

Imaginary lines of ___________ run from the North Pole to the South Pole.

Back

longitude

Front

Imaginary lines of latitude measure distance from the equator, running east or west.

Back

latitude

Front

Lines of latitude are called parallels.

Back

True

Front

Lines of longitude are called meridians.

Back

True

Front

Lines of longitude measure north and south.

Back

False