Latitude and Longitude Quiz

What is latitude?

• Distance of a location on Earth from the Equator

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

• Measurement of temperature on Earth

• Distance between two locations on Earth

What is longitude?

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

• 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.

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?

• Equator

• Tropic of Cancer

• International Date Line

• Prime Meridian

What is the maximum latitude value?

• 180 degrees

• -90 degrees

• 0 degrees

• +90 degrees

What is the maximum longitude value?

• 90

• -180

• 360

• 180

What is the latitude of the North Pole?

• 0 degrees

• 90 degrees

• 45 degrees

• 180 degrees

What is the latitude of the South Pole?

• 180 degrees South

• 90 degrees South

• 45 degrees South

• 0 degrees South

What is the latitude of the Equator?

• 90 degrees

• 0 degrees

• 180 degrees

• 45 degrees

What is the longitude of the Prime Meridian?

• 180 degrees

• 90 degrees

• 0 degrees

• 45 degrees