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WorksheetsThe Globe and Imaginary Lines
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
_______________ _______________ form a grid on a map or on the globe.
Cardinal Directions.
North and South Pole
America
Imaginary Lines
Imaginary lines help us...
find the exact location of a place.
find the Cardinal Directions
find the North and South
find the East and West
__________ ____________________ _______________ is the most important horizontal imaginary line.
The Tropic of Cancer
The Equator line
The Tropic of Capricorn
The Prime Meridian
The Equator Line divides the Earth into :
Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere.
North and South Poles
North and South Tropics
East and West Hemispheres
The __________________ _________ ________________ located in the Northern Hemisphere is:
Tropic of Capricorn
South Tropic
Tropic of Cancer
North Tropic
There are two Polar Circles near the Poles. They are...
Arctic Circle and Antarctic Circle
Arctic and Southern Circles
Circle of Cancer and Capricorn
Northern Circle and Antarctic Circle
The girl is pointing to the East with her ____________ hand.
left
right
front
small
The girl is pointing to the West with her __________hand.
left
right
front
small
What are the points called that are on each end of the prime meridian?
North Pole and South Pole
Western Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
North Pole and Western Hemisphere
South Pole and Southern Hemisphere
What is the name of the imaginary line on which the Earth rotates?
equator
North and South Pole
axis
Western and Southern Hemispheres
What is the name of the imaginary line that runs around the center of the Earth?
North Pole
South Pole
equator
prime meridian
The equator divides the Earth into which two hemispheres? (Mark all that apply.)
Northern Hemisphere
Western Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
Eastern Hemisphere
At what degree latitude and longitude is the prime meridian? (Mark all that apply.)
0 degrees latitude
180 degrees latitude
0 degrees longitude
180 degrees longitude
The prime meridian divides the Earth into which two hemispheres? (Mark all that apply.)
Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
Western Hemisphere
Eastern Hemisphere
The continent of Asia is in the (mark only one)
Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
Eastern Hemisphere
Western Hemisphere
What is the exact location of the equator?
90 degrees South longitude
0 degrees latitude
0 degrees longitude
90 degrees South latitude
What is the exact location of the North Pole?
90 degrees South longitude
0 degrees latitude
0 degrees longitude
90 degrees North longitude
Which is TRUE about the Prime Meridian?
It separates the earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
It is the invisible line that the earth rotates on.
The prime meridian is what earth's time is based on.
It is a line of latitude.
WORLDS LARGEST REVOLVING OR ROTATING GLOBE
GLOBE
EARTHA
DHARTI
THE LARGE WATER BODIES ON THE EARTH ARE CALLED
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LAKES
WATERFALL
OCEANS
0 LONGITUDE
PRIME MERIDIAN
LATTITUDE
LONGITUDE
THE PARELLS AND THE MERIDIANS INTERSECT EACH OTHER ARE CALLED -----------
PRIME MERIDIAN
EQUATOR
GRID
EQUATOR IS ALSO CALLED ---------
BIG LINE
BIG CIRCLE
GREAT CIRCLE
There are how many Meridians of Longitude?
361
360
180
181
The distance between Meridians is maximum at the _______ .
Prime Meridian
Tropic of Capricon
Equator
International Date Line
The meridians and parallels criss - cross each other at _______ to form a Grid.
Straight Angle
Obtuse Angle
Acute Angle
Right Angle
Which is the third smallest continent in the world?
Australia
Europe
Antarctica
North America
The conference in which year decided that the Meridian that passes through Greenwich will be called the Prime Meridian?
1965
1884
1712
1859
The distance between _______ is equal?
Continents
Oceans
Parallels of Latitude
Meridians of Longitude
Identify this parallel and state it's angle as well?
Tropic of Cancer, 23 21° N
Tropic of Capricon, 23 2°1 S
Arctic Circle, 66 2°1 N
Antarctic Circle, 66 2°1 S
It is a model of the Earth.
Map
Globe
Atlas
It is an imaginary lines that runs vertically.
Latitude
Northern hemisphere
Longitude
It is an imaginary line passes north to south through the Greenwich in London, England
International date line
Prime Meridian
Equator
The total number of meridians across the globe
360
181
90
180
The total number of parallels across the globe is
360
181
180
90
