MAPPING: LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE

Latitude lines run

• East to West
• North to South

What is the approximate location of letter B?

• 80^oN, 0^o
• 0^o, 80^oW
• 80^oS, 0^o
• 0^o, 80^oE

The 0 degree line of longitude that divides the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.

• Prime Meridian
• meridian
• equator
• parallel

Location E is located at which coordinates?

• 30^oS, 30^oE

• 30^oS, 30^oW

• 10^oS, 40^oW

• 30^oN, 90^oE

Tags

CCSS.5.G.A.1

Location H is located at which coordinates?

• 60^oN, 120^oE

• 90^oN, 30^oE

• 10^oS, 40^oW

• 30^oN, 90^oE

Tags

CCSS.5.G.A.1

North and South America are in what hemisphere?

• Northern
• Southern
• Western
• Eastern

Tags

NGSS.4-ESS2-2

For an observer in New York State, the altitude of Polaris is 43° above the northern horizon. this observer's latitude is closest to the latitude of

• New York City

• Utica

• Plattsburgh

• Jamestown

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The lines on which set of views best represents Earth's latitude system?

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Primary unit used to measure latitude and longitude.

• nanosecond
• feet
• liters
• degrees

"Starting point" for latitude; halfway between the North and South poles

• equinox
• equine
• equator
• equality