Latitude and Longitude Brainpop

Where can you see latitude and longitude lines?

• From the air

• On a map or globe

• Around fault lines

• On the bottom of the ocean

What is the climate like at 0 degrees latitude?

• Hot and tropical

• Temperate

• Frigid

• Hot in summer, cold in winter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The lines of latitude and longitude form an imaginary _____ over the planet.

• Box

• Diagonal

• Pattern

• Grid

How many degrees of latitude are there between the North and South Poles?

• 90

• 100

• 180

• 360

What is the 0-degree latitude line called?

• Latitude-zero

• 180 degrees longitude

• The equator

• The prime meridian

What is the significance of Greenwich, England?

• It's where 0 degrees latitude and 0 degrees longitude cross

• The Prime Meridian runs through it

• It's where the Tropic of Cancer meets the Tropic of Capricorn

• The equator runs through it

Between every two degrees of longitude there are sixty ____.l

• Seconds

• Minutes

• Latitudes

• Meridians

Between every two minutes of longitude there are sixty ____.

• Microminutes

• Additional minutes

• Microlongitudes

• Seconds

How many degrees of longitude are there to the east and west of the Prime Meridian?

• 90

• 100

• 180

• 520

What is the climate like at 90 degrees south latitude?

• Frigid

• Tropical

• Temperate

• Hot in summer, cold in winter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6