Latitudes and Longitudes

What are latitude and longitude lines?

• Imaginary lines that divide the Earth

• Visible lines that divide the Earth

• Long and short lines that divide the Earth

What is the name of this line at 0 degrees latitude?

• Prime Meridian
• Equator
• North Pole
• South Pole

Latitude lines go from east to west.

• True
• False

Which important line of latitude is located at 90 degrees North?

• Antarctic Circle
• Tropic of Capricorn
• Equator
• Arctic Circle

What line of longitude is located at 0 degrees?

• Equator
• Tropic of Cancer
• Arctic Circle
• Prime Meridian

Is the Tropic of Cancer ABOVE the Equator or BELOW the Equator?

• Above
• Below

All parallels north of the equator are called

• North latitudes

• North longitudes

• Prime meridian

• Both a and b

All parallel circles from the equator up to the poles are called

• Parallels of latitudes

• Parallels of longitudes

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

Which of the following is a longitude?

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Antarctic circle

• Prime meridian

The area that receives the maximum heat is called

• Frigid zone

• Torrid zone

• Temperate zone

• None of these