World Geography: Latitude,
Longitude, and Hemispheres Exam
Answered
What is the most important line of latitude? – Answer - The Equator (0° line of Latitude)
What do lines of latitude indicate? - Answer- How far North or South a place is from the
Equator.
What are the tropics and where are they located? - Answer- The Tropic of Cancer
(23.5°N) and the Tropic of Capricorn (23.5°S).
At what degrees are the polar circles located? - Answer- 66° North and 66° South.
What are the coordinates of the North and South Poles? - Answer- North Pole: 90°N;
South Pole: 90°S.
How are lines of latitude described? - Answer- All lines of latitude run parallel to one
another.
What is the significance of the Prime Meridian? - Answer- It is the most important line of
longitude and divides the world into Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
How many lines of longitude are there east and west of the Greenwich Meridian? -
Answer- 180 lines of longitude east and 180 lines west.
What is the format for writing coordinates? - Answer- Latitude is always mentioned first,
followed by longitude.
What do the letters 'N' and 'S' indicate in coordinates? - Answer- 'N' means North of the
Equator, and 'S' means South of the Equator.
What do the letters 'E' and 'W' indicate in coordinates? - Answer- 'E' means East of the
Greenwich Meridian, and 'W' means West.
How is latitude measured? - Answer- In degrees North or South of the Equator.
How is longitude measured? - Answer- In degrees East or West of the Greenwich
Meridian.
What is the relationship between latitude and climate? - Answer- Latitude is a good
indicator of climate; places near the Equator are typically hot, while those near the poles
are cold.
Longitude, and Hemispheres Exam
Answered
What is the most important line of latitude? – Answer - The Equator (0° line of Latitude)
What do lines of latitude indicate? - Answer- How far North or South a place is from the
Equator.
What are the tropics and where are they located? - Answer- The Tropic of Cancer
(23.5°N) and the Tropic of Capricorn (23.5°S).
At what degrees are the polar circles located? - Answer- 66° North and 66° South.
What are the coordinates of the North and South Poles? - Answer- North Pole: 90°N;
South Pole: 90°S.
How are lines of latitude described? - Answer- All lines of latitude run parallel to one
another.
What is the significance of the Prime Meridian? - Answer- It is the most important line of
longitude and divides the world into Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
How many lines of longitude are there east and west of the Greenwich Meridian? -
Answer- 180 lines of longitude east and 180 lines west.
What is the format for writing coordinates? - Answer- Latitude is always mentioned first,
followed by longitude.
What do the letters 'N' and 'S' indicate in coordinates? - Answer- 'N' means North of the
Equator, and 'S' means South of the Equator.
What do the letters 'E' and 'W' indicate in coordinates? - Answer- 'E' means East of the
Greenwich Meridian, and 'W' means West.
How is latitude measured? - Answer- In degrees North or South of the Equator.
How is longitude measured? - Answer- In degrees East or West of the Greenwich
Meridian.
What is the relationship between latitude and climate? - Answer- Latitude is a good
indicator of climate; places near the Equator are typically hot, while those near the poles
are cold.
