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Latitude, Longitude and Time Zones

Geography · Maps & Globes · ages 9-12
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. Which line sits at 0 degrees longitude and passes through Greenwich, England?

    • Equator
    • Prime Meridian
    • Arctic Circle

  2. Which line sits at 0 degrees latitude, halfway between the North and South Poles?

    • Prime Meridian
    • Equator
    • Tropic of Cancer

  3. The Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn are both lines of latitude.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. Which coordinates describe a place about 51 degrees north of the Equator and very close to the Prime Meridian?

    • 51°N, 0°
    • 0°N, 51°E
    • 51°S, 0°

  5. A city sits at about 40 degrees north and 3 degrees west. Which pair of hemispheres is it in?

    • Northern and Western
    • Southern and Eastern
    • Northern and Eastern

  6. On a day when Sydney is 9 hours ahead of London, it is 9 in the morning in London. Which time of day is it in Sydney?

    • 9 in the morning, same as London
    • Late afternoon or evening
    • Midnight the night before

  7. In a simple model, divide a 360-degree turn into 24 equal one-hour slices. How many degrees wide is each slice?

    Answer: ______________

  8. Diego says every place on Earth reaches sunrise at the same moment because Earth spins. What does his idea miss?

    • The Earth does not actually spin
    • Nothing is wrong, he is correct
    • Places turn into sunlight in turn
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  1. Prime Meridian · The Prime Meridian is the line of longitude at 0 degrees.
  2. Equator · The Equator circles the Earth at 0 degrees latitude, right between the two poles.
  3. True · Both tropics circle the globe at a fixed number of degrees north or south, just like the Equator.
  4. 51°N, 0° · North of the Equator gives the latitude, and close to the Prime Meridian gives a longitude near 0.
  5. Northern and Western · A north reading places it in the Northern Hemisphere, and a west reading places it in the Western Hemisphere.
  6. Late afternoon or evening · Add 9 hours to 9 am: it is 6 pm, in the evening, in Sydney.
  7. 15 · 360 ÷ 24 = 15 degrees per slice. Real time-zone boundaries do not follow equal slices.
  8. Places turn into sunlight in turn · Earth rotates, bringing different places into sunlight at different moments. Local clock readings are a separate matter.
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