Latitude and Longitude Review

What is longitude?

• A geographic coordinate that specifies the north-south position of a point on the Earth's surface.

• A geographic coordinate that specifies the east-west position of a point on the Earth's surface.

• A unit of measurement used to calculate distance between two points on the Earth's surface.

• A geographic coordinate that specifies the altitude of a point on the Earth's surface.

Lines of longitude run (a)   and south.

What is latitude?

• The distance of a location on Earth from the equator.

• Measurement of the Earth's circumference at a specific location.

• The distance of a location on Earth from the North Pole.

• Distance between two locations on Earth.

Lines of latitude run east and (a)   .

Which line of latitude is considered as 0 degrees?

• Equator

• Arctic Circle

• Tropic of Cancer

• Prime Meridian

Which line of longitude is considered as 0 degrees?

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Cancer

• Equator

What are the coordinates of the North Pole?

• 0 degrees north latitude

• 180 degrees north latitude

• 45 degrees north latitude

• 90 degrees north, 0 degrees longitude

What are the coordinates of the South Pole?

• 90^o S, 0^o

• 180^o S, 0^o

• 90^o N, 0^o

• 0, 90^o S^o

What is the maximum latitude value?

• 45 degrees

• 0 degrees

• 180 degrees

• 90 degrees

What is the maximum longitude value?

• 360

• 90

• 270

• 180