IPC Longitude and Latitude

On a map, what are the four (cardinal) directions you can go?

• North, south, east, middle

• South, west, center, down

• East, west, south, north

• Left, right, up, down

There is a map in front of you. If you want to go east, in which direction do you look?

• Left

• Up

• Down

• Right

What are the imaginary lines that go around the Earth horizontally?

• Lines of longitude

• Lines of latitude

• A belt

• Meridian

What are the imaginary lines that go around the Earth vertically?

• Tropical lines

• Lines of latitude

• Lines of longitude

• Meridian lines

What do we call the line at 0° latitude that splits the Earth into two halves?

• The middle

• The Mid-Atlantic Range

• Tropic of Capricorn

• the Equator

What do we call the two halves of Earth that lie above and below the Equator?

• Latitude

• Hemispheres

• Pairs

• Halves

Which line of longitude runs through London, U.K.?

• The North Pole

• The Greenwich Meridian

• The South Pole

• The Robbins Line

Which line does the Greenwich Meridian run along?

• 0° longitude

• 0° latitude

• 33° latitude

• 180° longitude

Anything on the west side of the Greenwich Meridian is in the _______ Hemisphere.

• Northern

• Southern

• Eastern

• Western

Anything on the north side of the Equator is in the _______ Hemisphere.

• Northern

• Southern

• Eastern

• Western