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Latitude and Longitude wscs
Contribució de: Sykes
  • 1. The globe is divided into segments called
A) degrees
B) measurements
C) latitude
D) longitude
E) minutes
  • 2. Hemisphere means
A) half of a sphere
B) northern
C) one quarter of the world
D) eastern
E) half
  • 3. lines of longitude are also called
A) verticals
B) 180 degrees
C) 90 degrees
D) meridians
E) parallels
  • 4. Lines of latitude are also called
A) 180 degrees
B) verticals
C) 90 degrees
D) meridians
E) parallels
  • 5. zero degrees latitude is the
A) equator
B) eastern hemisphere
C) prime meridian
D) international date line
E) northern hemisphere
  • 6. In 1884, it was agreed that the Prime Meridian would run through the Royal Naval Observatory in which city?
A) Augusta
B) London
C) Greenwhich
D) Paris
E) New York
  • 7. How many degrees of Latitude are there from the equator to the North Pole?
A) 90 degrees
B) 360 degrees
C) 0 degrees
D) 180 degrees
E) 270 degrees
  • 8. How many degrees are there in the Western Hemisphere?
A) 90 degrees
B) 180 degrees
C) 0 degrees
D) 360 degrees
E) 270 degrees
  • 9. The climate zone that is the hottest on the earth is located
A) the Indian Ocean
B) in Florida
C) near the international date line
D) near the equator
E) near the south pole
  • 10. The direction of latitude lines run ___
A) north and south
B) east and west
  • 11. Lines of longitude run in what direction?
A) North and south
B) east and west
  • 12. You measure latitude by finding the number of degrees ---
A) east or west of the prime meridian
B) north or south of the equator
  • 13. Longitude is measured by finding the number of degrees
A) east or west from the Prime Meridian
B) North or south of the equator
  • 14. Fining the absolute location of a place means you
A) found it on a map
B) have found it's latitude and longitude coordinates
C) determined the hemisphere it is in
D) given directions
E) used cardinal directions describe where it is.
  • 15. Geography means
A) earth graph
B) earth writing
C) world map
  • 16. Name of pillar of geography that uses latitude and longitude
A) movement
B) place
C) Location
D) interaction
  • 17. Lines of latitude never meet because
A) they have different numbers
B) there would be an earthquake
C) they are spaced far enough apart
D) they run parallel to each other
  • 18. Lines of longitude meet
A) at the tropic of Capricorn
B) at the tropic of cancer
C) at the equator
D) at the poles
  • 19. Longitude is measured before Latitude
A) False
B) True
  • 20. Longitude lines are used to determine a places climate
A) False
B) True
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