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WorksheetsTHE PHILIPPINE ENVIRONMENT
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 38mins
Which of the following corresponds to , the point of reference where all other horizontal lines are measured?
latitudes
equator
meridian
longitudes
Which of the following is true about Tropic of Cancer?
Tropic of Cancer is located at 23.5 degrees, south.
Tropic of Cancer is located at 23.5 degrees, east.
Tropic of Cancer is located at 23.5 degrees, north.
Tropic of Cancer is located at 23.5 degrees, west.
Which line divides the Earth horizontally?
equator
meridian
longitudes
latitudes
Which measures distance, East and West of the prime meridian?
longitude
equator
latitude
meridian
Which of the following is true about Tropic of Capricorn?
Tropic of Capricorn is located at 23.5 degrees, east.
Tropic of Capricorn is located at 23.5 degrees, west.
Tropic of Capricorn is located at 23.5 degrees, south.
Tropic of Capricorn is located at 23.5 degrees, north.
Which of the following is true about Arctic Circle?
Arctic Circle is located at 66.5 degrees, west.
Arctic Circle is located at 66.5 degrees, south.
Arctic Circle is located at 66.5 degrees, east.
Arctic Circle is located at 66.5 degrees, north.
All of the following statements are true about latitudes, EXCEPT?
It divides Earth horizontally.
It starts at the equator and divides Earth into concentric slices.
Latitude is given as an angle that ranges from -90 degrees at the south pole to 90 degrees at the north pole, with zero degree at the equator.
It has no corresponding names.
Which unit is used to express latitude and longitude?
inches
degrees
feet
grams
What is the difference between abscissa and ordinate?
Abscissa is the value along x-axis while ordinate is the value along y-axis.
Abscissa is the value along y-axis while ordinate is the value along x-axis.
Abscissa refers to the coordinates and the ordinate refers to the coordinate of a standard three-dimensional graph.
All statements are correct.
Read and find out what’s wrong in the statement given below.
“The prime meridian is also called the Greenwich meridian because it passes through Greenwich, Europe”.
prime meridian
passes
Europe
Greenwich
Which of the following is TRUE about International Date Line.
It is a horizontal line.
It runs north-south across the Pacific Ocean from the North pole to the South pole.
It is a vertical line.
All statements are true.
Abscissa is the value along the x-axis.
TRUE
FALSE
The _____ corresponds to 0 degree, the point of reference where all other horizontal lines are measured.
equator
meridian
international date line
latitidue
Greenwich meridian is also called (a) .
The latitude starts at the equator and divides Earth into _____ slices.
concentric
heliocentric
longitude
Greenwich meridian
Longitudes are lines that divide Earth horizontally.
TRUE
FALSE
What is the location of the Arctic Circle?
23.5 degrees, north
66.5 degrees, north
23.5 degrees, south
66.5 degrees, south
The prime meridian divides the world into ______ and _____ .
east and west
north and south
north and west
south and east
The ordinate is the value along ______ .
y-axis
x-axis
origin
What do you mean by the red line on the picture?
equator
latitude
longtitude
meridian
Movement of a heavenly body on its own axis is called
(a)
The number of parallels of latitude are _____
180
360
275
90
270
The globe is the representation of
(a)
The equator lies at the _______ degree latitude
0
90
180
360
Greenwich meridian passes through Greenwich, England.
YES
NO
Northern point of Earth's axis of rotation is called
(a)
Find the Tropic of Capricorn
above the equator
below of the equator
in the middle
The value along y-axis
(a)
In giving the absolute location , the latitude comes first before the longitude.
TRUE
FALSE
The line opposite of the prime meridian is the antimeridian.
YES
NO
It is given as an angle that ranges from -90 degrees at the south pole to 90 degrees at the north pole, with zero degree at the equator.
(a)
A reference point ensures that measurements are accurate and will make other measurements agree with one another.
TRUE
FALSE
Arctic Circle is (a) degrees, south.
Tropic of Capricorn is located at __________.
66.5 degrees, south
23.5 degrees, south
66.5 degrees, north
23.5 degrees, north
IDL stands for?
(a)
