Navigating Latitude and Longitude for Location Identification

What are the two main coordinates used to find a location on Earth?

• Longitude and Depth

• Latitude and Altitude

• Altitude and Depth

• Latitude and Longitude

What is the mnemonic to remember the relationship between latitude and altitude?

• Latitude is equal to altitude

• Longitude is equal to depth

• Longitude is equal to altitude

• Latitude is equal to depth

Which star is used to determine the altitude for latitude calculations?

• Betelgeuse

• Vega

• Polaris

• Sirius

If you are at 43 degrees north latitude, what is the altitude of Polaris?

• 41 degrees

• 42 degrees

• 45 degrees

• 43 degrees

What is the latitude of Binghamton, New York?

• 42 degrees north

• 45 degrees north

• 43 degrees north

• 41 degrees north

What is the Earth's rate of rotation in degrees per hour?

• 10 degrees per hour

• 25 degrees per hour

• 15 degrees per hour

• 20 degrees per hour

How many time zones are there in the United States?

• Three

• Four

• Six

• Five

If the longitude difference between two locations is 45 degrees, how many hours difference is there?

• 4 hours

• 5 hours

• 3 hours

• 2 hours

If it is noon at 72 degrees longitude, what time is it at 120 degrees longitude?

• 9 AM

• 3 PM

• 12 PM

• 6 AM

What happens to time as you move west across time zones?

• Time decreases

• Time increases

• Time doubles

• Time remains the same