Latitude, Longitude, & Elevation

What do geographic coordinates use to describe positions on Earth?

• Latitude, longitude, and elevation

• Temperature, humidity, and pressure

• Distance, speed, and time

• Altitude, depth, and width

What does this image show?

• equator

• prime meridian

• Geographical Coordinates System(GCS)

• a thematic map

What problem does the Geographical Coordinate System (GCS) solve?

• Measuring temperature variations

• Calculating time zones

• Wrapping x and y-axis around the Earth

• Determining weather patterns

Which of the following coordinates is an example of latitude?

• 29.97648-degrees north latitude

• 31.1313-degrees east longitude

• 0° at Greenwich

• 180° east and west

What does the equator separate?

• The east and west hemispheres

• The northern and southern hemispheres

• The prime meridian and the international date line

• The tropics and the polar regions

What is longitude defined as?

• The angular distance measured north or south in reference to the equator

• The angular distance measured east or west in reference to the prime meridian

• The vertical distance from sea level

• The distance between two points on the Earth's surface

What is the 0-degree latitude called?

• The Prime Meridian

• The Equator

• The Tropic of Cancer

• The Tropic of Capricorn

• The map show the lines of longitude.
• The map shows the lines of latitude.

What types of lines are these?

• Latitude

• Longitude

Which of the following letter is at approximately 60 degrees S, 40 degrees W? 

• A
• D
• E
• H