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WorksheetsLongitude and Latitude
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 5mins
The Line that marks ZERO degrees LATITUDE is called
The Equator
The Prime Meridian
The Tropic of Cancer
The Tropic of Capricorn
The North pole is at what degree of Latitude?
180 ° N
90 ° N
90 ° S
180 ° S
All lines of LONGITUDE are also called
Norths and Souths
Tropics
Meridians
Parallels
All lines of LATITUDE are also called
Norths and Souths
Tropics
Meridians
Parallels
Which set of coordinates of longitude and latitude are written INCORRECTLY?
21 ° N , 54 ° W
35 ° N , 121 ° E
97 ° S , 87 ° W
42 ° S , 63 ° E
What line cuts the Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres?
International Date Line
The Equator
The Prime Meridian
The Tropic of Cancer
Longitude measures how far East and West you are from the Prime Meridian.
True
False
Latitude measures how far North and South are from ___________
The Equator
The Prime Meridian
The Tropics
The International Date Line
Which is the longest latitude?
The North Pole
The Tropic of Cancer
The Equator
The Tropic of Capricorn
Which is the longest longitude?
The Prime Meridian
The International Date Line
All of them are the same in length
The Equator
Prime Meridian divided the earth into
Southern hemisphere
Eastern hemisphere
Northern hemisphere
Western hemisphere
The Equator divided the earth into
Southern hemisphere
Eastern hemisphere
Northern hemisphere
Western hemisphere
The climate of a place near to the Equator is usually very
Hot
Cold
Rainy
Windy
The climate of a place near to the Pole is usually very
Hot
Cold
Rainy
Windy
Each time zone covers about 15 degree of
latitude
longitude
The boundary of some time zones does not exactly follow the lines of longitude because
Some places have a longer time
This to avoid having many time zones in one country
The shape of the earth
The climate of different areas
