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What is the main line of latitude that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
What is the main line of latitude that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
- Equator (correct)
- Tropic of Capricorn
- Prime Meridian
- Tropic of Cancer
Lines of latitude are numbered from 0° at the North Pole to 90° at the Equator.
Lines of latitude are numbered from 0° at the North Pole to 90° at the Equator.
False (B)
What latitude value is located at the North Pole?
What latitude value is located at the North Pole?
90° N
The longest line of latitude, known as the ______, is located at 0°.
The longest line of latitude, known as the ______, is located at 0°.
Which of the following describes lines of longitude?
Which of the following describes lines of longitude?
Lines of latitude can be used to identify a location's position east or west of the Prime Meridian.
Lines of latitude can be used to identify a location's position east or west of the Prime Meridian.
Name one use of latitude and longitude when locating places.
Name one use of latitude and longitude when locating places.
Match the following terms with their definitions:
Match the following terms with their definitions:
Which line of latitude is located at the center of the Earth?
Which line of latitude is located at the center of the Earth?
The Prime Meridian is located at 90° east longitude.
The Prime Meridian is located at 90° east longitude.
What is the significance of the International Dateline?
What is the significance of the International Dateline?
The __________ is located at 0° longitude.
The __________ is located at 0° longitude.
Match the following lines with their descriptions:
Match the following lines with their descriptions:
Which of the following lines of longitude is 60° west?
Which of the following lines of longitude is 60° west?
Lines of longitude run horizontally across the Earth.
Lines of longitude run horizontally across the Earth.
What is the significance of latitude?
What is the significance of latitude?
Which line of latitude divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
Which line of latitude divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
Longitude lines run from east to west.
Longitude lines run from east to west.
What are the latitude and longitude coordinates for the Prime Meridian?
What are the latitude and longitude coordinates for the Prime Meridian?
Places located west of the Prime Meridian have a _____ longitude address.
Places located west of the Prime Meridian have a _____ longitude address.
Which of the following are lines of latitude? (Select all that apply)
Which of the following are lines of latitude? (Select all that apply)
What is the latitude for places located in the Southern Hemisphere?
What is the latitude for places located in the Southern Hemisphere?
Match the following locations with their common geographical features:
Match the following locations with their common geographical features:
The line of longitude opposite the Prime Meridian is known as the _____ degree line.
The line of longitude opposite the Prime Meridian is known as the _____ degree line.
Flashcards
Latitude Lines
Latitude Lines
Imaginary lines that run horizontally around the Earth.
Longitude
Longitude
Imaginary lines that run vertically around the Earth, from pole to pole.
Equator
Equator
The main latitude line (0°).
Latitude Measurement
Latitude Measurement
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North Pole Latitude
North Pole Latitude
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South Pole Latitude
South Pole Latitude
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Latitude Use
Latitude Use
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Longitude Use
Longitude Use
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Prime Meridian
Prime Meridian
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International Dateline
International Dateline
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Difference between Latitude and Longitude
Difference between Latitude and Longitude
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West Longitude
West Longitude
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East Longitude
East Longitude
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Study Notes
Latitude and Longitude
- Latitude lines are imaginary lines that run horizontally (west to east) across the globe.
- Latitude lines are numbered in degrees.
- Every point on a single latitude line has the same latitude value.
- Latitude lines help to determine a place's position.
- Latitude lines decrease in length toward the poles but increase in value.
- Latitude lines locate places north or south of the equator.
- The equator is the main and longest latitude line.
Latitude Lines
- Latitude lines run east-west.
- They measure the distance north or south of the equator.
- The equator is at 0° latitude.
- The North Pole is at 90° N latitude.
- The South Pole is at 90° S latitude.
- Latitude lines are numbered from 0° to 90°.
- The 0° line is the equator and other latitude lines are both north and south of the equator.
Major Latitude Lines
- North Pole: 90° N
- Arctic Circle: 66.5° N
- Tropic of Cancer: 23.5° N
- Equator: 0°
- Tropic of Capricorn: 23.5° S
- Antarctic Circle: 66.5° S
- South Pole: 90° S
Longitude
- Longitude lines are imaginary lines that run vertically (north to south) across the globe.
- The main longitude line is the Prime Meridian (Greenwich Meridian).
- Longitude lines are numbered in degrees from 0° to 180° east or west of Greenwich.
- Longitude lines help to determine position and time.
- Longitude lines locate places west or east of Greenwich.
Longitude Lines
- Longitude lines run north-south.
- They measure the distance east or west of the Prime Meridian.
- The Prime Meridian is at 0° longitude.
- Places east of the Prime Meridian have an east longitude (E) address.
- Places west of the Prime Meridian have a west longitude (W) address.
- Longitude is measured from 0° to 180° east and west.
Identifying Countries and Landforms
- Students need to use an atlas or Google Earth to find the latitude and longitude of given countries and landforms.
- Latitude is identified by north or south reference from the equator.
- Longitude is determined by east or west reference from the Prime Meridian.
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