Map Skills

What line of latitude is located at 0 degrees?

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• Solstice

• Equinox

Lines of ________ locate places north and south of the Equator

• longitude

• latitude

• prime meridian

• neither

what line of longitude is located at 0 degrees?

• Prime meridian

• Equator

• Solstice

• Equinox

True or False: The closer a climate is to the equator, the warmer it is.

• true

• false

How many hemispheres is the earth divided into?

• 1

• 4

• 0

• 7

Climate depends on the location relative to the _________

• Prime meridian

• equator

• sun

• all of the above

Typical weather patterns that an area experiences over time

• atmosphere

• weather

• climate

• solstice

all types of water that fall from the atmosphere

• climate

• precipitation

• weather

• equinox

Which climate has very cold regions?

• Desert

• Humid Subtropical

• Tundra

• Tropical rain forest

What hemisphere(s) is North America in?

• North, West

• South, East

• North, East

• South, West