Lines of Latitudes and Longitudes

Lines of constant latitude or parallels

• Run north or south parallel to the equator

• Run east or west of the Prime Meridian

• All of these lines meet at the North and South Poles

• None of the above

The main line of longitude is

• The Equator

• International Dateline

• Greenwich Prime Meridian

• Arctic Cirle

The main line of latitude is

• The Equator

• Greenwich Prime Meridian

• North Pole

• Tropic of Cancer

An imaginary line that circles the Earth at 23.5 degrees North latitude is called

• Equator

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Antarctic Circle

Malta is found on Latitude

• 0 degrees

• 20 degrees

• 65.5 degrees

• 36 degrees

Malta is found on longitude

• 14.5 degrees

• 36 degrees

• 90 degrees

• 25.5 degrees

90 degrees North of the equator is the

• Prime Meridian

• International Dateline

• North Pole

• Equator

To locate something on the Earth you would write in the format

• Minutes, Degrees, Seconds

• Degrees, Minutes, Seconds

• Seconds, Minutes, Degrees

• Degrees, Seconds, Minutes

At 180 degrees Longitude, this imaginary line separates one day from another.

• Prime Meredian

• International Dateline

• North Pole

• Equator

Johan is standing at 41 degrees North Latitude. Peter Paul is at 12 degrees North Latitude. Which one is closer to the Equator?

• Johan

• Peter Paul

• They are the same distance from the Equator