Latitude & Longitude Flocabulary Quiz

A police officer is giving you directions. He says, “The library is next to the fire station.” He is describing the library’s ________.

• absolute location

• relative location

• coordinates

• hemisphere

Which of the following statements is false:

• Latitude lines run east to west.

• Everyone measures latitude and longitude differently.

• Latitude and longitude lines are invisible.

Lines that run east to west are called_________.

• latitude

• longitude

• meridians

• integers

The equator is the 0 degree line of latitude.

• True

• False

________ lines run north to south.

• longitude

• latitude

• equator

• prime meridian

The 0 degree line of longitude is called the Prime Meridian.

• True

• False

Latitude and longitude are measured in_________.

• degrees

• meters

• kilograms

• seconds

Which US city has a longitude closest to 80° W?

• Portland

• Houston

• Miami

• Fargo

Boston has a longitude of approximately _______.

• 52° N

• 71° W

• 60° E

• 43° N

• 65° W

The Prime Meridian divides the Earth into the northern and southern hemispheres.

• True

• False