Compasses and Cardinal Directions

What are the four cardinal directions?

• North, South, East, and West

• Latitude, Longitude, Equator, Meridian

Why does a compass needle always point north?

• The arrows like the North Pole because they like Christmas.

• The poles of the magnet in the compass are attracted to the poles of the Earth.

What is more accurate than left and right directions?

• up and down

• forward

• backward

• cardinal directions

North is where the _______ should be.

• 3:00

• 6:00

• 9:00

• 12:00

North is above an imaginary line called _____________.

• latitude

• longitude

• meridian

• equator

_____________ is below an imaginary line called the equator.

• North

• South

• East

• West

The ________ and __________ Poles are very cold places where very few things live.

• north and south

• east and west

• left and right

• longitude and latitude