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WorksheetsGPS and Coordinates
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Greenwich Mean Time or Meridian Time has been a time standard since _______
1488
1848
1884
1484
Greenwich was chosen because the Prime Meridian (the line of ___° Longitude) runs through Greenwich.
0
60
120
180
The Greenwich Meridian (Prime Meridian or Longitude Zero degrees) marks the starting point of every time zone in _________
the north
the west
the east
the world
Greenwich was a royal park and palace on a hill to the south of the River ________ east of London, in the United Kingdom
Thames
Nile
Avon
Narun
GMT is _____________. Every 15° longitude represents one hour's difference in time
Greenwich Meridian Time
Greenwich Mean Time
General Mean Time
Greenwich Median Time
Although GMT has been replaced by _________ (UTC) it is still widely regarded as the correct time for every international time zone.
atomic time
United Time
Unified Time Centered
Coordinated Universal Time
A prime meridian is the meridian (a line of longitude) in a geographic coordinate system at which longitude is defined to be ____°.
0
60
90
180
Together, a prime meridian and its anti-meridian (the _____th meridian in a 360°-system) form a great circle.
30
60
90
180
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.
size
height
width
depth
Longitude line are going ________
horizontal
vertical
east to west
north to south
The line that divides the earth into the northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere is called the _______
meridian
equator
median
splitter
The equator is zero degrees ______
latitude
north
east
west
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.
6
4
24
12
What does GPS stand for?
Global Points System
Going Positional Sensor
Global Positioning Sensor
Global Positioning System
Long ago, the stars, sun, a compass, a watch and ______ were used to determine your position.
sextant
binocular
ruler
string
______ is a navigational system using satellite signals to fix the location of a receiver on or above the earth's surface.
UTC
GPS
GMT
UPS
Another word for meridian is
happy point
starting point
middle
halving line
The Longitude for Greenwich in England is ___ degrees
180
60
30
0
