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Globe Lines

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the points called that are on each end of the prime meridian?

a)

North Pole and South Pole

b)

Western Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere

c)

North Pole and Western Hemisphere

d)

South Pole and Southern Hemisphere

2.

What is the name of the imaginary line on which the Earth rotates?

a)

equator

b)

North and South Pole

c)

axis

d)

Western and Southern Hemispheres

3.

How many times does the Earth rotate every 24 hours?

a)

24 times

b)

12 times

c)

365 times

d)

1 time

4.

What is the name of the imaginary line that runs around the center of the Earth?

a)

North Pole

b)

South Pole

c)

equator

d)

prime meridian

5.

The equator divides the Earth into which two hemispheres? (Mark all that apply.)

a)

Northern Hemisphere

b)

Western Hemisphere

c)

Southern Hemisphere

d)

Eastern Hemisphere

6.

At what degree latitude and longitude is the prime meridian? (Mark all that apply.)

a)

0 degrees latitude

b)

180 degrees latitude

c)

0 degrees longitude

d)

180 degrees longitude

7.

The prime meridian divides the Earth into which two hemispheres? (Mark all that apply.)

a)

Northern Hemisphere

b)

Southern Hemisphere

c)

Western Hemisphere

d)

Eastern Hemisphere

8.

About how many kilometers is the distance around Earth at the equator?

a)

25,000 mi

b)

25,000 kl

c)

40,000 mi

d)

40,000 kl

9.

The United States is located in the (mark all that apply)

a)

Western Hemisphere

b)

Southern Hemisphere

c)

Eastern Hemisphere

d)

Northern Hemisphere

10.

The continent of Asia is in the (mark only one)

a)

Northern Hemisphere

b)

Southern Hemisphere

c)

Eastern Hemisphere

d)

Western Hemisphere