Locating places on the earth

What are latitude and longitude lines?

• Imaginary lines that divide the Earth

• Visible lines that divide the Earth

• Long and short lines that divide the Earth

Latitude lines go from east to west.

• True
• False

Which important line of latitude is located at 90 degrees North?

• Antarctic Circle
• Tropic of Capricorn
• Equator
• Arctic Circle

The equator divides what two hemispheres?

• East and West

• North and South

Which continent is in all four hemispheres?

• Asia

• Europe

• Antarctica

• Africa

An imaginary line that divides the eastern and western hemispheres?

• equator

• longitude

• latitude

• prime meridian

What does Hemi means?

• half

• quart

• round

• square

What does sphere means?

• half

• quart

• round

• square

1. Only the torrid zone gets direct rays from the sun.

• True

• False

The temperate zones are neither very hot nor very cold.

• True

• False