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Latitude and Longitude

Authored by Drew Roethlisberger

Science

9th Grade

Latitude and Longitude
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the system of lines used to describe the location of any place on Earth called?

Latitude and longitude

Equator and Prime Meridian

Time zones

Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Lines of latitude run in which direction across the earth?

East-to-west

North-to-south

Diagonal

Vertical

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Lines of longitude run from the North Pole to the South Pole. What are these lines also called?

Meridians

Parallels

Equators

Latitudes

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The line that marks 0° longitude passes through which city and country?

Greenwich, England

Paris, France

Cairo, Egypt

New York, USA

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the name of the imaginary line that lies halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole of the Earth?

The Equator

The Prime Meridian

The Tropic of Cancer

The International Date Line

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is true about lines of latitude?

They run from the North Pole to the South Pole

They run in an east-to-west direction

They are called meridians

They describe positions east and west of the prime meridian

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

According to the table, what is the total number of degrees for longitude?

360°

180°

90°

270°

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