Latitude and Longitude

Two places on the same meridian should have the same:

• local time

• climate

• parallel

• altitude

The only latitude line that is a Great Circle is the:

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Equator

• Antarctic Circle

Lines of Longitude:

• are equal distance apart

• decrease in size towards the poles

• converge at the poles

• are parallel to the Prime Meridian

Lines of Latitude and longitude may both be used to:

• show distances from the Greenwich Meridian

• locate places on earth

• calculate local time

• show distances north and south of the Equator

The circumference of the earth is:

• 25,000 miles

• 25,926 miles

• 7,926 miles

• 7,900 miles

A line of latitude is:

• the measurement of pressure from the Equator to the Poles

• the distribution of heat from the Equator to the Poles

• the horizontal distance away from the Equator

• a circle drawn around the earth parallel to the Equator

When a traveler crosses the International Date Line:

• he loses 12 hours going eastward

• he gains 12 hours going westward

• he gains or loses a day

• he does not have to alter his calendar

Lines of longitude are:

• longer when numbers are high

• longer when numbers are low

• all the same length

• each a different length

A line of longitude is

• the angular difference of two places east or west of the Prime Meridian

• a line drawn around the earth passing through both poles

• the distance between the north and south poles

• the horizontal distance from the Equator to the poles

An important use of longitude is in calculating local time. The time interval between each line of longitude is:

• four minutes

• ten minutes

• fifteen minutes

• twenty minutes