Exploring Latitudes and Longitudes for Class 5

What is the equator?

• A real line on the Earth's surface

• A line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole

• An imaginary line that divides the Earth into two equal hemispheres

• A line that is only found on maps of the moon

What are latitudes?

• Lines that divide the Earth into eastern and western hemispheres

• Real lines on the Earth's surface

• Imaginary lines parallel to the equator

• Lines that run from the North Pole to the South Pole

What is the Tropic of Cancer?

• A latitude at 90 degrees S

• A latitude at 66.5 degrees N

• A longitude at 23.5 degrees E

• A special latitude at 23.5 degrees N

What is the prime meridian?

• A latitude at 180 degrees

• A latitude at 0 degrees

• A longitude at 0 degrees

• A longitude at 90 degrees

Where do the longitudes from the east and west meet?

• At the Tropic of Capricorn

• At the 180th meridian

• At the equator

• At the prime meridian

How do latitudes and longitudes differ in terms of their direction?

• Latitudes run east-west, longitudes run north-south

• Latitudes run north-south, longitudes run east-west

• Both run in the same direction

• Latitudes run diagonally, longitudes run horizontally

What is the latitude at each pole?

• 0 degrees

• 45 degrees

• 90 degrees

• 180 degrees

What is the significance of the 180th meridian?

• It is the prime meridian

• It is the smallest longitude

• It is where longitudes from the east and west meet

• It is the largest latitude

What are coordinates used for?

• To measure the size of the Earth

• To locate places on a map

• To determine the distance between two points

• To draw imaginary lines on the Earth's surface

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What do the letters 'N' and 'S' indicate when following a latitude number?

• The size of the latitude

• The hemisphere in which the latitude is located

• The distance from the prime meridian

• The direction of the longitude