Locating Places on earth

A network of lines that criss-cross each other in a pattern of squares is called a .......

• latitude

• longitude

• grid

• Tropics

The ........... is the biggest latitude

• Tropic of Cancer

• Arctic Circle

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Equator

Which latitude is far away from the equator?

• 10' N

• 27' S

• 55' N

• 5' S

The special latitudes near the Equator are called.......

• Arctic Circle and Antarctic Circle

• The Tropics

• Prime Meridian

• 180th Meridian

The longitude numbered as 0' is called the

• International date line

• Equator

• Greenwich Observatory

• Prime Meridian

Latitudes run in .......

• North- South direction

• South- East direction

• East- west direction

• South- West direction

The word 'PRIME' means

• second

• last

• main

• top

A line that is drawn on a map from North Pole to South Pole

• latitude

• Equator

• Meridian

• coordinate

............... are widest apart at the Equator

• Longitudes

• Latitudes

• Tropics

• Arctic Circle

The numbers that help us to find a place in a map are called......

• grid

• coordinates

• Meridians

• index