Latitude and Longitude

What is latitude?

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

• Distance between two locations on Earth.

• Angular distance of a location on Earth from the equator

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

What is longitude?

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

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

Which line of latitude is considered as the starting point for measuring latitude?

• Equator

• Arctic Circle

• Tropic of Cancer

• Prime Meridian

Which line of longitude is considered as the starting point for measuring longitude?

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Cancer

Which hemisphere is located north of the equator?

• Western Hemisphere

• Northern Hemisphere

• Eastern Hemisphere

• Southern Hemisphere

Which hemisphere is located south of the equator?

• Southern Hemisphere

• Western Hemisphere

• Northern Hemisphere

• Eastern Hemisphere

Which hemisphere is located east of the prime meridian?

• Eastern Hemisphere

• Southern Hemisphere

• Northern Hemisphere

• Western Hemisphere

Which hemisphere is located west of the prime meridian?

• Northern Hemisphere

• Eastern Hemisphere

• Southern Hemisphere

• Western Hemisphere

What is the maximum latitude value?

• 90 degrees

• 0 degrees

• 45 degrees

• 180 degrees

What is the maximum longitude value?

• 90

• 180

• 360

• -180