Location Quiz

We live on Planet....

• Mars

• Earth

• Neptune

• Venus

The Earth is _____.

• flat

• round

Maps are _____.

• flat

• round

What is another name for latitude lines?

• meridians

• parallels

• verticals

• longitudes

What do we call the horizontal lines that run east and west around the Earth?

• longitude

• latitude

• meridian

• median

What tool uses letters and numbers to label grid lines?

• alphanumeric grid

• numberline grid

• latitude grid

• meridian grid

What is the imaginary horizontal line that runs around the middle of the world called?

• tropic

• parallel

• middle

• equator

What does the word “hemisphere” mean?

• Half a sphere (circle).

• two spheres

• equator

• dividing line

What is the line on a map from the north pole to the south pole called?

• alpha meridian

• prime numeric

• prime meridian

• vertical longitude

North America is located on the .... & ..... Hemisphere.

• Northern & Western

• southern & western

• I don't know I wasn't paying attention

• South