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Latitude and Longitude Practice

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 59mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which point is located at 30° S, 30° E?

2.

Which point is located at 0°, 0°?

3.

Which point is located at 30° S, 150° E?

4.

Which point is located at 45° N, 105° W?

5.

Which point is located at 45° N, 30° E?

6.

Which point is located at 60° N, 180° E?

7.

Which point is located at 15° N, 15° W?

8.

True or False:

Longitude measures distance from the Equator.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Latitude measures (1)_________ or (2)__________ of the Equator (0 degrees).

a)

(1) North (2) South

b)

(1) East (2) West

10.
What line of latitude is located at 0 degrees?
a)
Equator
b)
Tropic of Cancer
c)
Arctic Circle
d)
Prime Meridian
11.
What line of longitude is located at 0 degrees?
a)
Equator
b)
Tropic of Cancer
c)
Arctic Circle
d)
Prime Meridian
12.

Lines of latitude are

a)

vertical

b)

horizontal

c)

both

13.

Lines of longitude are

a)

vertical

b)

horizontal

c)

both

14.
What shape is located at 30 degrees North, 90 degrees West?
a)
Triangle
b)
Star
c)
Circle
d)
Rectangle
15.
What shape is located at 120 degrees West, 45 degrees North?
a)
Triangle
b)
Star
c)
Circle
d)
Rectangle
16.
What shape is located at 30 degrees East, 15 degrees North?
a)
Triangle
b)
Star
c)
Circle
d)
Rectangle
17.
Dakar is located in the ___ zone.
a)
Polar
b)
Tropic
c)
Temperate
18.
Syndey is located in the ___ zone.
a)
Polar
b)
Tropic
c)
Temperate
19.
The Rio de Janiero is located in the ___ zone.
a)
Polar
b)
Tropic
c)
Temperate
20.
Which location is warmer: Los Angeles or N'Djamera?
a)
Los Angeles
b)
N'Djamera
21.
Daneborg is located in the ___ zone.
a)
Polar
b)
Tropic
c)
Temperate
22.
According to location and latitude lines, which city is colder?
a)
Brasilia
b)
Los Angeles
c)
London
d)
Daneborg
23.
What is the name of the line of latitude that is HOT PINK?
a)
Equator
b)
Tropic of Cancer
c)
Arctic Circle
d)
Tropic of Capricorn
24.
The tropic zone is in between which two lines of latitude?
a)
Arctic Circle and Antarctic Circle
b)
Tropic of Cancer & Tropic of Capricorn
c)
Tropic of Cancer & the Arctic Circle
d)
The equator & the Tropic of Cancer
25.
North America is mostly in which climate zone?
a)
Polar
b)
Arctic
c)
Tropic
d)
Temperate
26.
Antarctica is mostly in which climate zone?
a)
Polar
b)
Arctic
c)
Tropic
d)
Temperate
27.

Europe is in which two climate zones?

a)
Polar & Tropic
b)
Tropic & Arctic
c)
Temperate & Tropic
d)
Temperate & Polar
28.
Why are the locations in high latitudes so much colder than the locations in low latitudes?
a)
They receive less direct sunlight.
b)
They receive more direction sunlight.
c)
The sun never shines there.
d)
The sun doesn't like those areas.
29.

Globes provide a three-dimensional view of the Earth. They provide the most accurate view of the world, but have limitations in their use.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

All world map projections create distorted images of the Earth to some degree. These distortions relate to size, shape, direction, and distance.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

A geographer who makes maps:

a)

Cartographer

b)

Distortion

c)

Projection

32.

This is a Mercator projection map. Why is this map projection not be the greatest to use when determining land size?

a)

Places at the poles, like Greenland and Antarctica, are extremely distorted in their size, appearing larger than they really are.

b)

Africa appears too large on this map.

c)

All the continents are smaller than they actually are.

d)

Places by the equator are highly distorted and appear much larger than they really are.

33.

Why do we use maps more often than we use globes?

a)

Globes are bulky and not as easy to store.

b)

Globes distort shape and size too much.

c)

Globes are not around anymore.