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WorksheetsMap Skills, Location, Latitude and Longitude Review
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 20mins
Rewrite this sentence to reflect the correct way to write latitude: 30 degrees north, 50 minutes, 17 seconds
30 degrees north, 50 minutes, 17 seconds
30.50.17
30°N50'17"
Above the equator, about an hour
What type of map is pictured?
Physical Map
Topographic Map
Political Map
Climate Map
Compare the lines of latitude and longitude. How are they the same?
They are both measured in degrees;
They both measure north of the equator
They share a Prime Meridian
They are both imaginary lines
They are both lines you can pick up and shake like a jump-rope.
The ____________________________ divides the globe into north and south parts.
Belt of Globe Division
Equator
Prime Meridian
International Date Line
If you wanted to find out where the most corn is grown in the United States, what kind of map would you use?
Economic Map
Political Map
Physical Map
Climate Map
Is this a picture of latitude lines or longitude lines?
latitude
longitude
How do you know these are latitude lines or longitude lines?
They are lines of longitude because they circle the Earth from north to south.
They are lines of latitude because they circle the Earth from north to south.
Longitude Lines are vertical
Longitude Lines are horizontal
Latitude Lines are vertical
What is the map scale used to figure out?
the number of countries shown on the map
which direction is north, south, east and west
the real distance between places on the map
what the map symbols mean
If you wanted to know the symbol for "river," where on a map would you look?
scale
compass rose
legend/key
border
In this section of Geography, what is a degree?
Temperature
A unit of measurement for coordinates
A deodorant
What you get at the end of high school
Contrast the lines of latitude and longitude. How are they different?
Latitude runs east to west, Longitude runs north to south
Latitude lines are called parallels, Lines of longitude are called meridians.
Longitude runs east to west, Latitude runs north to south
Latitude lines are parallel, Longitude is not.
Longitude lines are parallel, Latitude is not.
The point at 0°, 0° is ________.
Where the Tropics start
Where the equator and the Prime Meridian meet
In the middle of the South Pole
Not on the globe
________ are also known as meridians.
Longitude Lines
Degrees
Latitude Lines
Tropics
The ______________________ _______________________ divides the globe into east and west parts
Equator
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
Prime Meridian
Which of the following represents the correct way to write the coordinates of a point?
81° N, 15° W
81° NORTH. 15° WEST.
81° N-15° W
15° W, 81° N
Which US city has a longitude closest to 80° W?
Portland
Fargo
Boston
Miami
Boston has a longitude of approximately ________.
43° N
71° W
65° W
52° N
Which two places share a line of latitude?
Boston and Miami
Fargo and Houston
Ames and Boston
Fargo and Niagara Falls
Why are lines of latitude and longitude useful to a geographer?
Geographers love to use lines.
Lines of latitude are what Geographers like using. Line of Longitude are of no use to Geographers. All high and mighty because they meet at the poles. Geographers have no time for arrogant lines of longitude.
So they don't lose track of the tropics.
Lines of latitude and longitude are useful to a geographer because they are used to locate a specific place on Earth.
What type of map is this?
Climate Map
Physical Map
Resource Map
Political Map
Is this a picture of latitude lines or longitude lines?
latitude lines
longitude lines
