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Longitudes and Latitudes

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are latitude and longitude lines?

a)

Imaginary lines that divide the Earth

b)

Visible lines that divide the Earth

c)

Long and short lines that divide the Earth

2.
What is the name of this line at 0 degrees latitude?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Equator
c)
North Pole
d)
South Pole
3.
Latitude lines go from east to west.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
Which important line of latitude is located at 90 degrees North?
a)
Antarctic Circle
b)
Tropic of Capricorn
c)
Equator
d)
Arctic Circle
5.
What line of latitude is located at 0 degrees?
a)
Equator
b)
Tropic of Cancer
c)
Arctic Circle
d)
Prime Meridian
6.
What line of longitude is located at 0 degrees?
a)
Equator
b)
Tropic of Cancer
c)
Arctic Circle
d)
Prime Meridian
7.
The 0 degree mark of longitude is known as the ___________ ______________ measure from Greenwich England.
a)
Equator
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
International Date Line
d)
Contour Line
8.
Which Hemisphere are Asia, Australia, and most of Europe found in?
a)
Western Hemisphere
b)
Eastern Hemisphere
c)
Southern Hemisphere
d)
Northern Hemisphere
9.
Is the Tropic of Cancer ABOVE the Equator or BELOW the Equator?
a)
Above
b)
Below
10.
What are the four MAIN directions on the Compass Rose?
a)
North, South, East, and West
b)
Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, Southwest
11.

These lines runs east to west.

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

Eastern to Western Hemisphere

12.

These lines run north to south

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

c)

Equator

d)

Northern to Southern Hemisphere

13.

Which hemispheres does the United States belong to?

a)

Northern and Western

b)

Southern and Eastern

c)

Northern and Eastern

d)

Southern and Western

14.

Which lines connect the North Pole to the South Pole?

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

15.

Where can you see latitude and longitude?

a)

From the air

b)

On a map or globe

c)

Around fault lines

d)

On the bottom of the ocean

16.

What is the climate like at 0 degrees latitude?

a)

Hot and tropical

b)

Freezing

c)

Hot in the summer, cold in the winter

d)

Cold in the summer, hot in the winter

17.

All parallels north of the equator are called

a)

North latitudes

b)

North longitudes

c)

Prime meridian

d)

Both a and b

18.

All parallel circles from the equator up to the poles are called

a)

Parallels of latitudes

b)

Parallels of longitudes

c)

Tropic of Cancer

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

19.

The area that receives the maximum heat is called

a)

Frigid zone

b)

Torrid zone

c)

Temperate zone

d)

None of these

20.

Which of the following is a longitude?

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Tropic of Capricorn

c)

Antarctic circle

d)

Prime meridian