Core Knowledge: Chapter 2 Longitude & Latitude

A tool that uses radio waves to help determine the location, distance and speed of an object.

• Radar

• Thermometer

• Barometer

• Seismograph

The lines that run east to west are ______________________.

• lines of latitude

• lines of longitude

• prime meridians

• equators

______________ lines run from North to South.

• Longitude

• Latitude

• Equator

• Tropic

What is the imaginary line that runs east and west, circling the Earth at its widest point?

• The Equator

• The Prime Meridian

• The Tropic of Cancer

• The International Date Line

What does the Prime Meridian it divide the Earth into?

• Eastern and Western Hemispheres

• Northern and Southern Hemispheres

• Continents and Oceans

• Tropics and Polar Regions

If a city is located at 40° N latitude, what does the 'N' stand for?

• North

• New

• Neutral

• Near

What is the correct way to write the coordinates for a specific location on Earth?

• Latitude, then Longitude (e.g., 40° N, 74° W)

• Longitude, then Latitude (e.g., 74° W, 40° N)

• Altitude, then Latitude (e.g., 100m, 40° N)

• Longitude only (e.g., 74° W)

Imagine you are at the Equator. What would be your latitude?

• 0°

• 45°N

• 90°S

• 23.5°N

Lines of latitude are also known as ____________

• parallels

• meridians

• axes

• equators

A line of latitude differs from a line of longitude in that it runs:

• east to west, while a line of longitude runs north to south

• north to south, while a line of longitude runs east to west

• diagonally across the globe

• only through the equator