WorksheetsLatitude and Longitude
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 16mins
Which of these is the correct definition for latitude?
The angular distance north or south of the Equator
The angular distance east or west of the Prime Meridian
The distance from the middle of the Earth
The angular distance from the longest parallel line around the Earth
What is the name given to the angular distance north or south of the Equator?
(a)
What is the name given to the angular distance north or south of the Equator?
longitude
degrees
latitude
the Poles
Which of these images shows lines of latitude?
Which of these is the correct definition for longitude?
The angular distance north or south of the Equator
The angular distance east or west of the Prime Meridian
The distance from the middle of the Earth
The angular distance from the longest parallel line around the Earth
What is the name given to the angular distance east or west of the Prime Meridian (goes through Greenwich, London)?
(a)
Which of these images shows lines of longitude?
Which of these are lines of latitude (you can select more than one!)
Prime Meridian
Equator
North Pole
Tropic of Cancer
Which of these are lines of longitude (you can select more than one!)
Prime Meridian
165°W
South Pole
Tropic of Capricorn
What is the latitude of the Equator?
23.5°N
23.5°W
0°E
0°N
What is the latitude of the Prime Meridian?
23.5°N
23.5°W
0°E
0°N
What is the latitude of the Tropic of Cancer?
23.5°N
23.5°W
0°E
0°N
What is the latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn?
23.5°N
23.5°S
23.5°W
90°N
What is the latitude of the North Pole?
23.5°N
180°N
50°N
90°N
What is the latitude of the Tropic of Cancer?
(a)
What is the latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn?
(a)
What is the latitude of the Equator?
(a)
What is the longitude of the Prime Meridian?
(a)
What is the latitude of the Arctic Circle?
66.3°N
66.3°W
23.5°N
90°N
What is the latitude of the Antarctic Circle?
66.3°E
66.3°S
23.5°S
90°N
Which of these shows the northern hemisphere?
Which of these shows the eastern hemisphere?
Which of these shows the western hemisphere?
Which of these shows the southern hemisphere?
