Latitude & Longitude

If you are 45 degrees south of the equator, which of the following must be true:

• Your longitude is 45° E.

• You are in the Western Hemisphere.

• You are in the tropics.

• Your latitude is 45° S.

A police officer is giving you directions. He says, “The library is next to the fire station.” He is describing the library’s ________.

• absolute location

• coordinates

• relative location

• hemisphere

Which of the following statements is false:

• Latitude lines run east to west.

• Everyone measures latitude and longitude differently.

• Absolute location is universal.

• Latitude and longitude lines are invisible.

The point at 0°, 0° is ________.

• where the Tropic of Cancer starts

• where the equator and the Prime Meridian meet

• in the middle of the North Pole

• not on the globe

________ are also known as meridians.

• Longitude lines

• The tropics

• The poles

• Minutes

Which of the following statements is true:

• Longitude lines go up to 90 degrees.

• The Prime Meridian is located in Washington, D.C.

• There are 100 minutes per degree.

• Longitude lines go up to 180 degrees.

Which of the following represents the correct way to write the coordinates of a point?

• 81° N, 15° W

• 81° NORTH. 15° WEST.

• 81° N-15° W

• 15° W, 81° N

Which US city has a longitude closest to 80° W?

• Portland

• Houston

• Miami

• Fargo

Boston has a longitude of approximately ________.

• 43° N

• 65° W

• 52° N

• 71° W

Which two places share a line of latitude?

• Boston and Miami

• Fargo and Houston

• Ames and Boston

• Fargo and Niagara Falls