Locating Places on Earth Short Version

Locating Places on Earth

Objectives

At the end of the lesson, the students will...

1. identify the invisible lines on a globe or map

2. locate places on Earth using the coordinate system

Multiple Choice

What are latitudes?

• Imaginary lines that run from north to south

• Imaginary lines that run from west to east

• Imaginary lines that divide the earth into northern and southern hemispheres

• Imaginary lines that divide the earth into western and eastern hemispheres

Multiple Choice

1.) To locate exact places on the earth, one must look at

• The lines of latitude only

• The lines of longitude only

• A neighboring area to describe the location

• The intersecting lines of latitude and longitude

Multiple Choice

What is the equator?

• The line that divides the earth into northern and southern hemispheres

• The line that divides the earth into western and eastern hemispheres

• The line that divides the earth into temperate and tropical zones

• The line that divides the earth into polar and temperate zones

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the line at zero degrees longitude?

• Equator
• Prime Meridian
• North Pole
• South Pole

Multiple Choice

What is the range of latitudes?

• 0 to 90 degrees

• 0 to 180 degrees

• -90 to 90 degrees

• -180 to 180 degrees

Multiple Choice

Latitude and Longitude are measured in______.

• kilometers
• degrees
• miles
• hours

Multiple Choice

What are the tropic of cancer and tropic of capricorn?

• Latitudes that mark the boundaries of the tropical zone

• Latitudes that mark the boundaries of the temperate zone

• Latitudes that mark the boundaries of the polar zone

• Latitudes that mark the boundaries of the equator

Multiple Choice

A set of degrees of latitude and longitude that help you locate a place on a map.

• coordinates
• positions
• hemispheres
• locations

Multiple Choice

What is the temperate zone?

• The region between the tropical lines

• The region between the tropics and polar circles

• The region between the equator and prime meridian

• The region between the arctic and antarctic circles

Multiple Choice

The 0 degree line of latitude is the ___________.

• Equator
• Prime Meridian
• International Date Line
• Contour line

Multiple Choice

What is the prime meridian?

• The line that divides the earth into northern and southern hemispheres

• The line that divides the earth into western and eastern hemispheres

• The line that divides the earth into temperate and tropical zones

• The line that divides the earth into western and eastern hemispheres

Multiple Choice

What do we call this tool?

• map

• globe

• compass

• compass rose

Multiple Choice

How are time zones determined?

• By counting the number of latitude degrees between two places

• By counting the number of longitude degrees between two places

• By counting the number of latitude and longitude degrees between two places

• By counting the number of latitude and longitude minutes between two places

Multiple Choice

What do we call following directions: NORTHEAST, NORTHWEST, SOUTHEAST, SOUTHWEST?

• Secondary Directions

• Cardinal Directions

• Primary Directions

• Corner Directions

Multiple Choice

What is the time difference for each longitude degree?

• 1 minute

• 2 minutes

• 3 minutes

• 4 minutes

Multiple Choice

Which direction is David's house located?

• north

• south

• east

• west

Multiple Choice

Cardinal points are:

• S, SW, W, NW

• N, NW, SE, E

• N, S, E, W

• W, E, SE, SW

Multiple Choice

SW on the compass rose means:

• South Wing

• Sun Wind

• So West

• South West

Multiple Choice

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

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• International Date Line

• North Pole

Multiple Choice

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

Multiple Choice

Latitude and longitude are measured in ________.

• cups

• gallons

• degrees

• Fahrenheit

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the line at zero degrees longitude?

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• International Date Line

• North Pole

Multiple Choice

The equator divides the Earth into what two hemispheres?

• Eastern and Southern

• Northern and Southern

• Western and Eastern

• Northern and Western