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