13 Questions
What is the largest circle of latitude on Earth?
Equator
Which line of latitude is numbered 90 degrees N?
South Pole
What do the lines north of the equator toward the North Pole represent?
North Latitude
At what degree from the equator are the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn located?
23.5 degrees
What is the significance of the prime meridian at 0 degrees longitude?
It divides the earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres
Which continents are part of the Eastern Hemisphere based on their location relative to the prime meridian?
Europe, Asia, and Australia
How are meridians east and west of the prime meridian (0 degrees) typically numbered?
East meridians are numbered from 1 to 180 degrees E and west meridians from 1 to 180 degrees W
What does the prime meridian at 0 degrees longitude do?
It divides the earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
Which continents are part of the Western Hemisphere according to the text?
North and South America
How are the lines of longitude numbered as described in the text?
Lines east are numbered from 1 to 180 degrees, west are numbered from 1 to 180 degrees.
Which continent is NOT part of the Eastern Hemisphere based on their location relative to the prime meridian?
South America
At what degree of longitude would you find the International Date Line?
180 degrees E or W
If you were at 45 degrees west longitude, in which hemisphere would you be located?
Western Hemisphere
Study Notes
Meridians or Lines of Longitude
- The prime meridian sits at 0 degrees longitude, dividing the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
- The prime meridian is an imaginary line running through the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England, a suburb of London.
- The Eastern Hemisphere includes the continents of Europe, Asia, and Australia.
- The Western Hemisphere includes the continents of North and South America.
- Meridians east of the prime meridian are numbered from 1 to 180 degrees east (E).
- Meridians west of the prime meridian are numbered from 1 to 180 degrees west (W).
- The 0 and 180 lines do not have a letter attached to them.
Test your knowledge about lines of latitude and the equator with this quiz. Learn about the division of the Earth into hemispheres and the numbering of latitude lines from 0 to 90 degrees towards the poles.
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