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IPC Longitude and Latitude

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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1.

On a map, what are the four (cardinal) directions you can go?

a)

North, south, east, middle

b)

South, west, center, down

c)

East, west, south, north

d)

Left, right, up, down

2.

There is a map in front of you. If you want to go east, in which direction do you look?

a)

Left

b)

Up

c)

Down

d)

Right

3.

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

a)

Lines of longitude

b)

Lines of latitude

c)

A belt

d)

Meridian

4.

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

a)

Tropical lines

b)

Lines of latitude

c)

Lines of longitude

d)

Meridian lines

5.

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

a)

The middle

b)

The Mid-Atlantic Range

c)

Tropic of Capricorn

d)

the Equator

6.

What do we call the two halves of Earth that lie above and below the Equator?

a)

Latitude

b)

Hemispheres

c)

Pairs

d)

Halves

7.

Which line of longitude runs through London, U.K.?

a)

The North Pole

b)

The Greenwich Meridian

c)

The South Pole

d)

The Robbins Line

8.

Which line does the Greenwich Meridian run along?

a)

0° longitude

b)

0° latitude

c)

33° latitude

d)

180° longitude

9.

Anything on the west side of the Greenwich Meridian is in the _______ Hemisphere.

a)

Northern

b)

Southern

c)

Eastern

d)

Western

10.

Anything on the north side of the Equator is in the _______ Hemisphere.

a)

Northern

b)

Southern

c)

Eastern

d)

Western