Latitude and Longitude Quiz

What is latitude?

• Distance between two locations on Earth

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

• Measurement of temperature on Earth

• Angular distance of a location on Earth from the equator

What is longitude?

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

• Longitude is a term used to describe the distance between two points on a map.

• Longitude is a unit of measurement used to calculate time zones.

• Longitude is 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?

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• International Date Line

• Tropic of Cancer

What is the maximum value for latitude?

• 180

• -90

• 360

• 90

What is the maximum value for longitude?

• 180

• 90

• -180

• 360

Which hemisphere is located at latitude 23.5 degrees north?

• Northern Hemisphere

• Equator

• Eastern Hemisphere

• Southern Hemisphere

Which hemisphere is located at latitude 23.5 degrees south?

• Western Hemisphere

• Southern Hemisphere

• Eastern Hemisphere

• Northern Hemisphere

Which hemisphere is located at longitude 45 degrees east?

• Western Hemisphere

• Eastern Hemisphere

• Southern Hemisphere

• Northern Hemisphere

Which hemisphere is located at longitude 45 degrees west?