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Latitude & Longitude
Placing on a map
Vocabulary
100
1. The line of zero degrees latitude is the: A. equator B. International Date Line C. Prime Meridian
What is A. equator
100
The equator separates the globe into two halves called__________________________. Lines Directions hemispheres
What is hemispheres
100
30 N 100W
What is Texas
100

State a definition for the words

Latitude and Longitude


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  • Latitude: lines that measure how far north or south a place is from the Equator.

  • Longitude: lines that measure how far east or west a place is from the Prime Meridian.

200
2. Lines running parallel to the equator are called: A. meridians B. latitude C. longitude
What is B. latitude
200
North of the equator is the _____________hemisphere.
What is Northern
200
40 N 110W
What is Utah
200

What is the Equator

the line at 0° Latitude

300
3. What does latitude measure?
What is North and South
300
South of the equator is the ______________hemisphere.
What is Southern
300
40 N 90W
What is Illinois
300

State a definition for the word "Prime Meridian"

the line at 0° longitude.

400
Lines of longitude locate places in which directions?
What is East and West
400
The prime meridian is located in which country?
What is Greenwich England
400
40 N 120 W
What is Nevada
400

What are "Coordinates?"

Coordinates: a pair of numbers used to locate a place.

500
Latitude and longitude are written: A. in words B. in symbols C. like coordinates on a graph
What is C. like coordinates on a graph
500
The starting meridian (0º) longitude is called the
What is Prime meridian
500
30 N 90 W
What is Louisiana
500

State the definition for Hemisphere

One half of a circle

On half of the Earth