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