WorksheetsLatitude and Longitude
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 41mins
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.
What is the name of the line at zero degrees longitude?
a)
Equator
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
North Pole
d)
South Pole
4.
a)
The map show the lines of longitude.
b)
The map shows the lines of latitude.
5.
a)
The map shows lines of longitude.
b)
The map shows lines of latitude.
6.
What is the main line of latitude?
a)
The prime meridian
b)
The Tropic of Cappricorn
c)
The Equator
d)
The prime meridian
7.
What hemisphere is North America in?
a)
Southern
b)
North West
c)
Western
d)
Eastern
8.
What hemisphere is Australia in?
a)
South East
b)
Northern
c)
Eastern
d)
Western
9.
What hemisphere is Asia in?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
North East
d)
True
10.
Latitude and Longitude are measured in______.
a)
kilometers
b)
degrees
c)
miles
d)
hours
11.
Which letter would you find at 15oS, 60oW?
a)
A
b)
C
c)
L
d)
H
12.
Which letter would you find at 15oS, 60oW?
a)
A
b)
C
c)
L
d)
H
13.
Which letter would you find at 30oS, 30oE?
a)
A
b)
D
c)
K
d)
E
14.
What is the approximate location of G?
a)
100oW, 40oN
b)
40oN, 100oW
c)
40oS, 100oW
d)
40oN, 100oE
15.
What are the coordinates for star 10?
a)
120oN, 60oE
b)
120oS, 60oE
c)
60oS, 120oW
d)
60oS, 120oE
16.
What star is at 30oS, 60oW?
a)
6
b)
7
c)
9
d)
2
17.
What is the approximate location of letter B?
a)
80oN, 0o
b)
0o, 80oW
c)
80oS, 0o
d)
0o, 80oE
18.
Which STATE is located at...
120°W, 45°N
120°W, 45°N
a)
WA
b)
OR
c)
UT
d)
ND
19.
Which city is closest to the Equator?
a)
Los Angeles
b)
Minneapolis
c)
Miami
d)
Unable to determine
20.
Which cities lie between 80°W and 85°W?
a)
Charleston and Nashville
b)
Little Rock and New Orleans
c)
Atlanta and Talahassee
d)
New Orleans and Jackson
21.
check both answers: ___________ lines run north and south but measure how far east and west a location is from the _____________
a)
latitude
b)
longitude
c)
Equator
d)
Prime Meridian
e)
Hemispheres
22.
check both answers: _________ lines run east and west but measure how far north and south a location is from the _________
a)
latitude
b)
longitude
c)
Equator
d)
Prime Meridian
e)
Hemispheres
23.
Match the city to a letter on the map.
Lima (12oS, 77oW)
a)
J
b)
K
c)
L
d)
M
24.
Letter C is on the _____ line of LATITUDE
a)
110°W
b)
110°N
c)
35°W
d)
35°E
25.
Letter A is on the ____ line of LONGITUDE
a)
90°E
b)
90°W
c)
40°N
d)
40°S
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