Longitude and Latitude

Where can you see latitude and longitude lines?

• from the air

• a map or a globe

• fault lines

• on the bottom of the ocean

What is the climate like at 0 degrees latitude?

• hot and tropical

• temperate

• frigid

• hot in the summer and

  cold in the winter

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

• 120

• 10

• 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?

• Its where 0 latitude and 0 longitude cross

• The prime meridian runs through it

• Its where the Tropic of Cancer meets the Tropic of Capricorn

• The equator runs through it.

Between every two degrees of longitude there are sixty:

• seconds

• minutes

• latitude

• meridians

Between every two minutes of longitude there are sixty:

• micro minutes

• addition minutes

• micro longitude

• 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

• Hot summer

  Cold Winter

• Temperate