Lines of Longitude and Latitude

Question 1

Which unit of measurement is used for measuring Longitude and Latitude

Answer 1

Degrees °

Question 2

What is the name of the most important line of LATITUDE?

Answer 2

The Equator

Question 3

Where is the Equator?

Answer 3

Halfway between North and South Poles

Question 4

In which direction do the lines of LATITUDE run?

Answer 4

West to East

Question 5

What is another name for lines of latitude?

Answer 5

Parallels

Question 6

Write an example of a line of latitude?

Answer 6

25° N or S

Question 7

What ist he most important line of longitude?

Answer 7

Prime Meridian/Greenwich Meridian

Question 8

What is another name for lines of longitude?

Answer 8

Meridians

Question 9

What do separate?

Answer 9

West from East

Question 10

In which direction do they run?

Answer 10

From North to South

Question 11

Which to areas do they connect?

Answer 11

North Pole and South Pole

Question 12

Which lines separate the Northern and Southern Hemisphere?

Answer 12

Lines of Latitude - the EQUATOR

Question 13

Which line separates the world into Eastern and Western hemisphere?

Answer 13

Prime Meridian

Question 14

List the main lines of latitude in order from the North Pole down.

Answer 14

Arctic Circle
Tropic of Cancer
Equator
Tropic of Capricorn
Antarctic Circle

Question 15

At how many degrees is the Equator?

Answer 15

At Zero °

Question 16

How many degrees is the furthest North you can go?

Answer 16

90°

Question 17

What would you find at 90° S

Answer 17

Antarctic

Question 18

What would you find at 45° N

Answer 18

Tropic of Cancer

Question 19

Give an example of how you would write a line of LONGITUDE?

Answer 19

30° W

Question 20

What is the maximum degrees of LONGITUDE?

Answer 20

180°

Question 21

When giving position on a map, which do you write first?

Answer 21

Latitude then longitude

Question 22

What is another name for the position given by using longitude and latitude?

Answer 22

Co-Ordinates