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Latitude and Longitude

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name

Class

Date

Lines that run parallel to the Equator are called...

Latitude

Longitude

To find out how far north or south a place is, we use ...

Latitude

Longitude

These lines run from the top of the Earth to the bottom...

Latitude

Longitude

Lines of latitude are parallel

True they are parallel!

False they are not parallel!

The Equator is an important line of...

latitude

longitude

The prime meridian is an important line of ...

latitude

longitude

Which line of latitude is at 23.5° North?

Equator

North Pole

Tropic of Cancer

Arctic Circle

The line labelled 0° longitude is called the...

Prime Meridian

Equator

Arctic Circle

Date line

These are used to find out how far east or west a place...

lines of longitude

lines of latitude

10.

The Equator divides the Earth into two equal parts known as the...

Northern and Southern hemisphere

Eastern and Western Hemisphere

Arctic and Antarctic

Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn

11.

What do we call the line at 0° latitude that splits the Earth into two halves?

Equator

Prime Meridian

Tropic of Cancer

Tropic of Capricorn

12.

Which line of latitude is at 66.5° North?

Equator

North Pole

Tropic of Cancer

Arctic Circle

13.

The North Pole is at a latitude of...

$90\degree N$

$0\degree$

$66.5\degree\ N$

$23.5\degree N$

14.

The Equator is at a latitude of...

$90\degree N$

$0\degree$

$66.5\degree\ N$

$23.5\degree N$

15.

Most of Europe is between latitudes ...

$10-20\degree N$

$30-40\degree N$

$40-50\degree\ N$

$60-70\degree N$

16.

The North Pole is 90° N and the South Pole is 90° S latitude.

true

false

17.

Anything lying east of the Greenwich Meridian is in the

Eastern Hemisphere and is labelled °E

Western Hemisphere and is labelled °W

Northern Hemisphere and is labelled °N

Southern Hemisphere and is labelled °S

18.

What are the imaginary lines that go around the Earth horizontally?

Lines of latitude

Lines of longitude

contour lines

19.

Which line of longitude runs through London?

Prime Meridian

Equator

North Pole

Arctic Circle

20.

The Tropic of Capricorn is a line of...

latitude in the southern hemisphere

latitude in the northern hemisphere

longitude in the eastern hemisphere

longitude in the western hemisphere

21.

The Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn are what type of lines?

Latitude lines

International Date lines

Longitude lines

Meridian lines

22.

Antarctica, Australia, and most of South America are in what hemisphere?

Northern

Southern

Western

Eastern

23.

Europe, Asia and North America are in what hemisphere?

Northern

Southern

Western

Eastern

24.

North and South America are in what hemisphere?

Northern

Southern

Western

Eastern

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Latitude and Longitude

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

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