Maps & Atlases - Latitude and Longitude

Question 1

Latitude lines run from _______ to _______.

Answer 1

Latitude lines run from EAST to WEST.

Question 2

Longitude lines run from _______ to _______.

Answer 2

Longitude lines run from NORTH to SOUTH.

Question 3

Describe the shape of the earth:

Answer 3

SPHERICLE

Question 4

What can the earth be represented on?

Answer 4

○ Map

○ Globe

Question 5

Latitude:

Answer 5

The angular distance of a place North and South of the equator. (Tropic of Cancer, Equator, Tropic of Capricorn)

Measured in Degree and Minutes

Question 6

Latitudes are also called

Answer 6

Parallels

Question 7

The angle of each line of latitude is measured from ________________________________________

Answer 7

The angle of each line of latitude is measured from AN IMAGINARY POINT IN THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH.

Question 8

The equator is at ____°

Answer 8

0°

Question 9

Latitude arcs get SMALLER/BIGGER/STAY THE SAME the further away they get from the equator

Answer 9

Latitude arcs get SMALLER the further away they get from the equator

Question 10

On what degree latitude is the Arctic circle?

Answer 10

66°N

Question 11

On what Degree Latitude is the Tropic of cancer?

Answer 11

23.5°N

Question 12

On what degree latitude is the Tropic of Capricorn?

Answer 12

23.5°S

Question 13

Longitude:

Answer 13

the angular distance of a place east or west of the Greenwich Meridian/ Prime Meridian

Measured in Degrees or minutes

Question 14

Lines of Longitude are also called:

Answer 14

meridians

Question 15

Lines of Longitude are drawn from _________ to ________ of the __________ ___________.

Answer 15

Lines of Longitude are drawn from EAST to WEST of the GREENWICH MERIDIAN.

Question 16

Lines of Longitude pass though the __________ and _________ _________.

Answer 16

Lines of Longitude pass though the NORTH and SOUTH POLES.

Question 17

What is the Greenwich Meridian

Answer 17

it is the 0° line of longitude

Question 18

Why is the Greenwich meridian important?

Answer 18

it is where the world time zones are calculated

Question 19

How many degrees of longitude are there?

Answer 19

360°

Question 20

How many lines of longitude are there on the East?

Answer 20

180°

Question 21

How many lines of longitude are there on the West?

Answer 21

180°

Question 22

What is the biggest line of latitude?

Answer 22

the Equator

Question 23

What line of latitude is the North pole on?

Answer 23

90°N

Question 24

What line of latitude is the South pole on?

Answer 24

90°S

Question 25

Why are 180°E and 180°W the same line?

Answer 25

Because there are only 360° degrees in longitude on the globe so if you go to the east or west 180° it will give the location the international dateline