Latitude and Longitude Quiz

What is the line that divides the earth into northern and southern hemispheres?

• Prime Meridian

• Arctic Circle

• Tropic of Cancer

• Equator

Which latitude is marked in negative numbers until it reaches the south pole?

• Antarctic Circle

• Arctic Circle

• Equator

• Tropic of Cancer

What is the line that divides the earth into western and eastern hemispheres?

• Equator

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Arctic Circle

• Prime Meridian

How many longitudes are there around the earth?

• 180

• 360

• 90

• 118

What is the latitude and longitude position of any location in the world known as?

• Tropics

• Time Zones

• Coordinates

• Climate Zones

What is the latitude and longitude of the location with the coordinates 20 degrees and 78 degrees?

• 20 degrees, 78 degrees

• 90 degrees, 78 degrees

• 20 degrees, 180 degrees

• 0 degrees, 78 degrees

How do you calculate the time difference between two places using longitude degrees?

• Every degree is a four-minute difference

• Every degree is a three-minute difference

• Every degree is a two-minute difference

• Every degree is a one-minute difference

What is the line that runs from west to east parallel to the equator?

• Prime Meridian

• Latitudes

• Arctic Circle

• Tropic of Cancer