Latitude and Longitude

1. Latitude and Longitude The basic facts

2. Which is always written 1st ?

3. Which is always written 1st ? • Latitude

4. What does “parallel” mean ?

5. What does “parallel” mean ? • Lines always remaining the same distance apart, never meeting or crossing.

6. What is the NAME of the line at 0° Longitude ?

7. What is the NAME of the line at 0° Longitude ? • The Prime Meridian

8. In addition to the number itself, latitudes and longitudes must also contain what additional symbols & abbreviations?

9. In addition to the number itself, latitudes and longitudes must also contain what additional symbols & abbreviations? • 1. {number} • 2. Degree symbol • 3. Compass direction • 4. The word Latitude or Longitude

10. What are acceptable abbreviations for the full words Latitude andLongitude ?

11. What are acceptable abbreviations for the full words LatitudeandLongitude? • Lat. • Lon

12. What is the symbol for “degrees”

13. What is the symbol for “degrees” • A little tiny raised circle, like this °

14. What is the name for a 3-dimensional circle?

15. What is the name for a 3-dimensional circle? • a “sphere”

16. If you cut a sphere in half, what is the name of the resulting halves ?

17. If you cut a sphere in half, what is the name of the resulting halves ? • “ hemi-spheres”

18. Which famous line separates the Northern Hemisphere from the Southern Hemisphere?

19. Which famous line separates the Northern Hemisphere from the Southern Hemisphere? • The “equator”

20. Is the equator a line of Latitude or Longitude?

21. Is the equator a line of Latitude or Longitude? • Latitude

22. What is the latitude of the equator?

23. What is the latitude of the equator? • 0° Lat

24. What does “convergent” mean

25. What does “convergent” mean • coming towards each other & meeting at a point

26. Which lines are “convergent”: Latitude lines or Longitude lines ?

27. Which lines are “convergent”: Latitude lines or Longitude lines ? • Longitude

28. What vocabulary term describes the arrangement of latitude lines?

29. What vocabulary term describes the arrangement of latitude lines? • “parallel”

30. Which 2 compass directions are always used with Latitude lines ?

31. Which 2 compass directions are always used with Latitude lines ? • North & South

32. Which 2 compass directions are always used with Longitude lines ?

33. Which 2 compass directions are always used with Longitude lines ? • East & West

34. Name a map location that is nearby the Prime Meridian

35. Name a map location that is nearby the Prime Meridian • Greenwich, England (home of the Royal Observatory) • Africa

36. Do longitude lines stop at the poles or continue all the way around the Earth?

37. Do longitude lines stop at the poles or continue all the way around the Earth? • They stop at the poles

38. What is the latitude of the South Pole?

39. What is the latitude of the South Pole? • 90° South Latitude

40. What is the biggest number that a latitude can be?

41. What is the biggest number that a latitude can be? • 90°

42. What is the largest number a Longitude can be?

43. What is the largest number a Longitude can be? • 180°

44. The number 165° must refer to a Longitude.Why???

45. The number 165° must refer to a Longitude.Why??? • Only Longitude numbers can be greater than 90°

46. The number 65°S must refer to a Latitude.Why???

47. The number 65°S must refer to a Latitude.Why??? • Only Latitudes end in “North” or “South”.

48. Which line has the number180° ?

49. Which line has the number180° ? • The “International Date Line” (Longitude)

50. Which line divides the Earth into the Northern & southern hemispheres?