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GPS and Coordinates

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Greenwich Mean Time or Meridian Time has been a time standard since _______

a)

1488

b)

1848

c)

1884

d)

1484

2.

Greenwich was chosen because the Prime Meridian (the line of ___° Longitude) runs through Greenwich.

a)

0

b)

60

c)

120

d)

180

3.

The Greenwich Meridian (Prime Meridian or Longitude Zero degrees) marks the starting point of every time zone in _________

a)

the north

b)

the west

c)

the east

d)

the world

4.

Greenwich was a royal park and palace on a hill to the south of the River ________ east of London, in the United Kingdom

a)

Thames

b)

Nile

c)

Avon

d)

Narun

5.

GMT is _____________. Every 15° longitude represents one hour's difference in time

a)

Greenwich Meridian Time

b)

Greenwich Mean Time

c)

General Mean Time

d)

Greenwich Median Time

6.

Although GMT has been replaced by _________ (UTC) it is still widely regarded as the correct time for every international time zone.

a)

atomic time

b)

United Time

c)

Unified Time Centered

d)

Coordinated Universal Time

7.

A prime meridian is the meridian (a line of longitude) in a geographic coordinate system at which longitude is defined to be ____°.

a)

0

b)

60

c)

90

d)

180

8.

Together, a prime meridian and its anti-meridian (the _____th meridian in a 360°-system) form a great circle.

a)

30

b)

60

c)

90

d)

180

9.

Mapmakers use the process of map projection to convert lines on a round surface to a flat one. There are certain characteristics of the map that will be distorted, such as shape, _______, distance and direction.

a)

size

b)

height

c)

width

d)

depth

10.

Longitude line are going ________

a)

horizontal

b)

vertical

c)

east to west

d)

north to south

11.

The line that divides the earth into the northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere is called the _______

a)

meridian

b)

equator

c)

median

d)

splitter

12.

The equator is zero degrees ______

a)

latitude

b)

north

c)

east

d)

west

13.

The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a constellation of about ______ artificial satellites. The GPS satellites are uniformly distributed in a total of six orbits such that there are four satellites per orbit.

a)

6

b)

4

c)

24

d)

12

14.

What does GPS stand for?

a)

Global Points System

b)

Going Positional Sensor

c)

Global Positioning Sensor

d)

Global Positioning System

15.

Long ago, the stars, sun, a compass, a watch and ______ were used to determine your position.

a)

sextant

b)

binocular

c)

ruler

d)

string

16.

______ is a navigational system using satellite signals to fix the location of a receiver on or above the earth's surface.

a)

UTC

b)

GPS

c)

GMT

d)

UPS

17.

Another word for meridian is

a)

happy point

b)

starting point

c)

middle

d)

halving line

18.

The Longitude for Greenwich in England is ___ degrees

a)

180

b)

60

c)

30

d)

0