Latitude and Longitude

Latitude and Longitude

To help us pinpoint places on the globe there are a number of imaginary lines drawn onto the map.

What is latitude?

To help locate where a place is in the world, people use imaginary lines:

To find out how far north or south a place is, lines of latitude are used. These lines run parallel to the Equator.

What is longitude?

To find out how far east or west a place is, lines of longitude are used. These lines run from the top of the Earth to the bottom.

Northern and Southern Hemispheres

The Equator is at the centre of the lines of latitude and is at 0° latitude. Anything lying south of the Equator is in the Southern Hemisphere and is labelled °S. Anything lying north of the Equator is in the Northern Hemisphere and is labelled °N. The North Pole is 90° N and the South Pole is 90° S.

Eastern and Western Hemisphere

The line labelled 0° longitude is called the Prime Meridian or the Greenwich Meridian and runs through London. Anything lying east of the Greenwich Meridian is in the Eastern Hemisphere and is labelled °E. Anything lying west of the Greenwich Meridian is in the Western Hemisphere and is labelled °W.

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To help us pinpoint places on the globe there are a number of imaginary lines drawn onto the map

• False

• True

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Lines which are drawn parallel around the globe are called

• longitude

• latitude

• attitude

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Lines which connect the North and South poles are called:

• longitude

• latitude

• attitude

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0 degrees longitude is called the Greenwich Meridian

• True

• False

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0 degrees latitude is called the equator.

• False

• True

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Anything lying south of the Equator is in the and is labelled °S.

• Southern Hemisphere

• Northern Hemisphere

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Anything lying north of the Equator is in the Northern Hemisphere and is labelled °N.

• Southern Hemisphere

• Northern Hemisphere

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The line labelled 0° longitude Prime Meridian or the Greenwich Meridian and runs through .

• London

• Birmingham

• Westminster

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Anything lying east of the Greenwich Meridian is in the Eastern Hemisphere and is labelled °E.

• True

• False

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Anything lying east of the Greenwich Meridian is in the Western Hemisphere and is labelled °W.

• False

• True

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The United Arab Emirates lies in ................. and ................

• Eastern Hemisphere

• Western Hemisphere

• Southern Hemisphere

• Northern Hemisphere

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Brazil lies in the ............................... and ............................... Hemispheres.

• Northern

• Eastern

• Western

• Southern

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What is the reason why latitude lines NEVER intersect? 

• They converge at the poles
• They are cool
• They are vertical lines 
• They are parallel

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What is the approximate location of G?

• 100^oW, 40^oN
• 40^oN, 100^oW
• 40^oS, 100^oW
• 40^oN, 100^oE

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What ocean would you be in if you were at 30 degrees south and 150 degrees west?

• The Atlantic Ocean
• The Arctic Ocean
• The Pacific Ocean
• The Indian Ocean

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Which continent is located completely north of the Equator and west of the Prime Meridian?

• Asia
• Europe
• North America 
• South America

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Latitude and Longitude lines are measured in __________.

• inches
• miles
• degrees
• ounces

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What shape is the planet Earth?

• Circle
• hemisphere
• sphere
• cone

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Europe, Asia and North America are in what hemisphere?

• Northern
• Southern
• Western
• Eastern

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To locate a place on the earth, you need to look at...

• where the lines of latitude and longitude meet
• the lines of latitude only
• the lines of longitude only
• the compass rose

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• The map show the lines of longitude.
• The map shows the lines of latitude.

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Which letter would you find at 15^oS, 60^oW?

• A
• C
• L
• H

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The Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn are what type of lines?

• Latitude lines
• International Date lines
• Longitude lines
• Meridian lines

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What is the name of this line at 0 degrees latitude?

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• North Pole

• South Pole

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What is the name of this line at 0 degrees latitude?

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• North Pole

• South Pole