Latitude and Longitude

Latitude and longitude are measured in

• miles

• inches

• degrees

• kilometers

A book of maps is called a/an

• atlas

• encyclopedia

• dictionary

• glossary

Lines of latitude can also be called

• lines

• rings

• meridians

• parallels

A longitude line at 0 degrees which cuts the earth into the eastern and western hemispheres is known as the

• arctic circle

• tropic of cancer

• equator

• prime meridian

A latitude line at 0 degrees which cuts the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres is known as the

• tropic of cancer

• equator

• prime meridian

• arctic circle

Longitude lines on a globe run from

• south to west

• north to east

• north to south

• east to west

Latitude lines on a globe run from

• north to south

• east to west

• north to east

• south to west

Lines of longitude can also be called

• lines

• meridians

• parallels

• rings

Latitude and longitude are measured in kilometers.

• true

• false

The equator is a line of longitude.

• true

• false