Question Bank: Latitude, Longitude and Time

What is the value of the Prime Meridian in degrees?

What do we call the angular distance of a point north or south of the equator?

How are the parallels of latitude geographically positioned?

Which of the following statements about meridians of longitude is true?

What is the approximate distance between two degrees of latitude?

Which hemisphere would a location at 120°E longitude fall into?

Which tool is commonly used to draw parallels of latitude on a map?

What happens to the distance between degrees of longitude as one moves from the equator towards the poles?

Which latitude is known as the Equator?

What is the latitude of the Equator?

At what degree does the Arctic Circle start?

How many parallels of latitude are there in total, including the Equator?

What is used to measure longitude?

Which statement is true about the parallels of latitude?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of parallels of latitude?

What is the approximate distance of one degree of latitude?

Which coordinate system is used to provide the location of a point on Earth's surface?

At which latitude is the length of one degree of latitude the longest?

Which of the following best describes the nature of longitudes?

If a location is at 30°N latitude, what hemisphere is it in?

To determine your latitude using the altitude of the Pole Star, you measure its angle above the horizon. What does this angle represent?

Which parallels of latitude have the same distance in kilometers per degree?

Which is true about the notation for latitude?

What are parallels of latitude?

Which latitude is closest to the North Pole?

What implies that two places are located on the same parallel of latitude?

Why does the distance between parallels of latitude remain relatively constant?

If you are at 45°S latitude, what is the corresponding latitude north of the equator?

Which of the following statements about 90° latitude is correct?

What is the relationship between parallels of latitude and climate?

What is the angular distance of a point called when measured east or west of the Prime Meridian?

Which line is considered the Prime Meridian?

What is the maximum value of longitude?

How do meridians of longitude appear on a map?

What happens to the distance between two meridians of longitude as one approaches the poles?

Which hemisphere contains the majority of longitudes between 0° and 180°?

What is the relationship between longitudes and time zones?

Which of the following statements about meridians is true?

Which direction do longitudes increase from the Prime Meridian?

How are degrees of longitude further divided for accuracy?

What would be the longitude of a place exactly opposite the Prime Meridian?

If a location is at 30°E longitude, which hemisphere is it in?

Why are longitudes crucial for navigation?

When standing on the Prime Meridian, which statement is true about your longitude?

How does Earth's rotation affect longitudes?

How would the representation of longitudes differ on a flat map compared to a globe?

What is the angular distance of a point east or west of the Prime Meridian called?

If it is 12:00 noon at the Prime Meridian, what time is it at 45° East longitude?

What do we call the time that is used as a reference for calculating local times around the world?

Which of the following is NOT a method for determining time variation based on longitude?

What is the length of one degree of latitude approximately?

At which meridian does local time increase as you move eastward?

If a location is at 30° West, what is its time difference from the Prime Meridian?

What fraction of Earth’s circumference is 15 degrees of longitude?

When crossing the International Date Line, how does the date change?

How do you calculate the time difference from the Greenwich Mean Time for locations to the east of the Prime Meridian?

What is the time difference between two places located at 120° E and 60° W longitude?

Which latitude would indicate a location near the equator?

If the local time is 8:00 AM at 30° W, what is the time at 60° E longitude?

Which of the following is used to measure true north?

What is the main factor that affects the calculation of local time?

What is the primary purpose of the International Date Line?

Where is the International Date Line located?

Crossing the International Date Line from west to east results in what change?

Which statement about the International Date Line is correct?

What happens when a traveler crosses the International Date Line on a Tuesday heading east?

Why might some countries wish to modify their time zones around the International Date Line?

The International Date Line's time difference is generally how many hours from GMT?

What would the time be in a location east of the International Date Line, knowing it is noon GMT?

How does the International Date Line affect travel across the Pacific Ocean?

Why is the International Date Line not a straight line?

In which ocean does the International Date Line primarily run?

If it is Sunday on one side of the International Date Line, what day is it on the opposite side?

How does the International Date Line help synchronize timekeeping worldwide?

What is one consequence of the existence of the International Date Line?

What is the significance of the 180° longitude line beyond the International Date Line?