Latitude and Altitude of Polaris

The line that marks zero degrees LATITUDE is called

• The Equator

• The Tropic of Cancer

• The Prime Meridian

• The Tropic of Capricorn

The North Pole is at what degrees of Latitude

• 180* North

• 90* South

• 90* North

• 180* South

All lines of LONGITUDE are called

• North and Souths

• Parallels

• Meridians

• Tropics

Longitude measures how far east and west you are from the Prime Meridian.

• True

• False

Latitude measures how far North and South you are from

• The Prime Meridian

• The Tropics

• The Equator

• The United States

What is a persons latitude if the angle of Polaris is 40* North?

• 50

• 40

• 60

• 70

The angle of Polaris is

• equal to latitude in Northern Hemisphere

• equal to latitude in Southern Hemisphere

At which map location does Polaris appear the highest in the nighttime sky?

• Miami, Florida

• Kingston, Jamaica

• Havana, Cuba

• San Juan, Puerto Rico

If a ship was to travel north, what would happen to the altitude of Polaris

• increase

• decrease

• remains the same

• depends on the longitude of the observer

An observer can not see Polaris in the night sky at any time during the year at which point?

• D

• H

• K

• E