Latitude and Longitude

Which imaginary line divides the earth into south and north latitudes?

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

What is the location of the Equator?

• 0 degrees

• 23.5 degrees South

• 23.5 degrees North

• 66 degrees South

Which imaginary line divides the earth into east and west longitudes?

• Tropic of Cancer

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Capricorn

What is the location of the Prime Meridian?

• 0 degrees

• 23.5 degrees South

• 23.5 degrees North

• 66 degrees South

What is another name for lines of latitude?

• Parallels

• Meridians

Which lines measure north and south from the equator?

• latitude

• longitude

Which lines measure east and west from the Prime Meridian?

• latitude

• longitude

60 N, 120 W falls on which continent?

• South America

• Asia

• North America

• Australia

Lines of ______ measure how far from the equator a place is

• Prime Meridian

• North

• latitude

• equator

Lines of _____ run from the North Pole to the South Pole

• longitude

• latitude

• north

• parallels