Latitude and Longitude Quiz

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

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Cancer

• Equator

• Arctic Circle

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

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

• Equator

• Tropic of Cancer

• Coordinates

• Longitude

How many longitudes are there around the earth?

• 180

• 118

• 90

• 360

What is the zero degree longitude that passes through Greenwich near London considered as?

• Standard Time

• Daylight Saving Time

• Eastern Standard Time

• Pacific Standard Time

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

• Every degree is a three-minute difference

• Every degree is a two-minute difference

• Every degree is a four-minute difference

• Every degree is a one-minute difference

What is the region between the tropical lines known as?

• Tropical Zone

• Temperate Zone

• Equatorial Zone

• Polar Zone