Latitude & Longitude Practice #1

What shape is the planet Earth?

• hemisphere
• circle
• sphere
• hemicube

Latitude and Longitude are measured in______.

• kilometers
• degrees
• miles
• hours

A Hemisphere is half of a sphere.

• True
• False

Lines of ___________ run from East to West.

• latitude

• longitude

• equator

Lines of ___________ run from North to South.

• latitude

• longitude

• equator

The 0 degree line of latitude is the ___________.

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

The 0 degree mark of longitude is known as the ___________ ______________ measure from Greenwich England.

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

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

• Prime Meridian
• Equator
• North Pole
• South Pole

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

• Equator
• Prime Meridian
• North Pole
• South Pole

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