longitude and latitude

What measures the distance north or south of the equator?

• Latitude

• Plot

• Longitude

• Vertical

What measures the distance east and west of the prime meridian?

• Longitude

• Plot

• Vertical

• Meridians

What are the lines of longitude that run from north to south called?

• Parallels

• Verticals

• Meridians

• Plots

Lines of latitude that run east to west or horizontally are called?

• Plot

• Vertical

• Meridians

• Parallels

To find and place a location on a grid, you would use:

• Longitude

• Latitude

• Plot

• Prime Meridian

An imaginary line that connects the North and South poles.

• Vertical

• Prime Meridian

• Zero degrees latitude

• Meridians

What type of lines are up and down or go from north to south?

• Vertical

• Plot

• horizontal

• Parallels

What is the location of the equator and the start of latitude on a map?

• Zero degrees latitude

• Meridians

• Longitude

• Plot

What is the location of the prime meridian and the start of longitude on a map?

• Parallels

• Zero degrees longitude

• Vertical

• Latitude

What shape is the earth?

• Sphere

• Square

• Cube

• Flat