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Questions and Answers
What is altitude?
What is altitude?
- The measurement of the earth's circumference
- The distance between two points on the earth's surface
- The height of any object from sea level (correct)
- The angular distance of any point on the earth's surface from the equator
What is latitude?
What is latitude?
- The measurement of the earth's circumference
- The distance between two points on the earth's surface
- The angular distance of any point on the earth's surface north or south of the equator (correct)
- The height of any object from sea level
What is the reference point for latitude?
What is the reference point for latitude?
- The prime meridian
- The equator (correct)
- The Tropic of Cancer
- The North Pole
Study Notes
Geographical Coordinates
- Altitude: The height of an object or point above a certain level, usually sea level.
- Latitude: The angular distance of a point on the Earth's surface from the equator, measured in degrees, minutes, and seconds.
- Reference point for latitude: The equator, which is designated as 0° latitude.
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Test your knowledge of geographical coordinates with this quiz on altitude and latitude. Learn about measuring height above sea level and the angular distance from the equator.
