Module 6. Latitude, Longitude, and Time Zones

Question 1

What do you call the imaginary lines around the earth that run parallel to the equator?

Answer 1

lines of latitude

Question 2

What do you call the imaginary lines around the earth that pass through the North and South Poles?

Answer 2

lines of longitude

Question 3

every location on earth has a __ __

Answer 3

global address

Question 4

a global address is given as two numbers called __

Answer 4

coordinates

Question 5

Two numbers of the coordinate

Answer 5

1. latitude number
2. longitude number

Question 6

Instead of having a specific street address, Lat/Long works with a __ __ __, like what you see when you look at graph paper

Answer 6

numbered grid system

Question 7

Lat/Long lines encircle the Earth, either as __ __ or __ __ __

Answer 7

• horizontal circles
• vertical half circles

Question 8

Horizontal mapping lines on Earth are __ __ __

Answer 8

lines of latitude

Question 9

Lines of latitude are known as __ of latitude

Answer 9

parallels

Question 10

Latitude lines are a numerical way to measure how far __ or __ of the equator a place is located

Answer 10

• north
• south

Question 11

starting point of measuring latitude

Answer 11

equator

Question 12

the number of latitude degrees will be __ the further away from the equator the place is located

Answer 12

larger

Question 13

number of latitude degrees can reach all the way up to __ degrees latitude at poles

Answer 13

90

Question 14

vertical mapping lines on earth

Answer 14

lines of longitude

Question 15

lines of longitude are known as

Answer 15

meridians

Question 16

longitude lines are a numerical way to show/measure how far a location is __ or __ of a universal vertical line

Answer 16

• east
• west

Question 17

universal vertical line

Answer 17

Prime Meridian

Question 18

Prime Meridian line runs vertically, north and south, right over the __ __ in Greenwich England

Answer 18

British Observatory

Question 19

Prime Meridian line runs vertically, north and south, right over the British Observatory in __ __

Answer 19

Greenwich England

Question 20

starting point for longitude

Answer 20

Prime Meridian

Question 21

How many vertical longitude lines are at the east and west of the Prime Meridian

Answer 21

180 each side

Question 22

180 degree line that is a single vertical line directly opposite of the Prime Meridian

Answer 22

International Date Line

Question 23

two-dimensional reference system that locates points on the Earth’s surface

Answer 23

geographic coordinate system

Question 24

unit of measure of the geographic coordinate system

Answer 24

decimal degrees

Question 25

A point has two coordinate values

Answer 25

• latitude
• longitude

Question 26

determined by longitudes that divide the globe into 24 parts corresponding to the 24 hours in a day

Answer 26

time zones

Question 27

every time zone spans __ degrees along the equator

Answer 27

15

Question 28

every 1 degree difference in longitude between two places means a __ minute difference in time

Answer 28

4

Question 29

every 15 degrees longitudinal difference between two places means a __ hour difference in time

Answer 29

1

Question 30

Going east, time __ 1 hour for every 15 degrees of difference in longitude

Answer 30

increases

Question 31

Going west, time __ 1 hour for every 15 minutes of difference in longitude

Answer 31

decreases