Time zones

What is the term for an imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole?

• Equator

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Meridian

What do we call the horizontal lines that measure distance north or south of the equator?

• Equatorial lines

• Tropic lines

• Lines of latitude

• Lines of longitude

What is the name of the line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

• Equator

• International Date Line

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Cancer

What is the term for the vertical lines that measure distance east or west of the Prime Meridian?

• Lines of longitude

• Lines of latitude

• Equator

• Tropic of Cancer

What are the lines called that run parallel to the equator?

• Latitudes

• Parallels

• Tropics

• Meridians