5 Questions
What is the degree of the Antarctic Circle?
66.5 degrees south
What is the largest degree of latitude?
90 degrees
What is the name of the parallel at 0 degrees latitude?
Equator
What is the degree of the Tropic of Cancer?
23.5 degrees north
What is the characteristic of lines of latitude?
They never meet
Study Notes
Latitude
- Latitude divides the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.
- Degrees of latitude are written as degrees north (°N) or degrees south (°S).
- The largest degree of latitude is at the poles, which are 90°N and 90°S.
- Lines of latitude are called parallels, which never meet.
- The equator is located at 0° latitude.
- The Tropic of Capricorn is located at 23.5°S.
- The Antarctic Circle is located at 66.5°S.
- The South Pole is located at 90°S.
- The Tropic of Cancer is located at 23.5°N.
- The Arctic Circle is located at 66.5°N.
- The North Pole is located at 90°N.
Learn about latitude, parallels, and the tropics in this geography quiz! Test your knowledge of degrees north and south, the equator, and the poles.
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