Latitude Longitude Vocabulary Quiz
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| equator | starting point for LATITUDE; runs around the center of the Earth from east to west
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| prime meridian | starting point for LONGITUDE; runs north to south through Greenwich, England and Africa
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| coordinates | numbers or letters used to pinpoint an absolute location
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| lines of latitude | grid lines that run side to side and are parallel with the equator; look like ladder rungs (paralells)
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| lines of longitude | grid lines that run up and down and measure east to west
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| relative location | location of a place/object depending on what the object is next to
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| absolute location | exact location; usually pinpointed by coordinates
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| hemisphere | 1/2 sphere
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| degree | unit of measurement used with latitude and longitude; represented by a small, circular symbol
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| grid | horizontal/vertical lines on a map used to determine absolute location
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| globe | spherical map of Earth
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