Latitude and Longitude Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Which reference line is designated 0° longitude?
The Prime Meridian
The International Date Line
The Tropic of Cancer
The Equator
2. What does a line of latitude represent?
A boundary separating one time zone from another
A meridian showing angular distance east or west of the Prime Meridian
A route connecting locations at the same elevation
A parallel circle showing angular distance north or south of the Equator
3. Ignoring official time-zone boundaries, approximately how much local solar-time difference corresponds to 15° of longitude?
15 minutes
One hour
Two hours
30 minutes
4. Two cities have exactly the same latitude but different longitudes. What must be true?
They have the same local solar time
They are the same distance from the Prime Meridian
They are in the same country or region
They lie on the same parallel north or south of the Equator
5. Which statement correctly describes lines of longitude?
They remain parallel to one another from west to east
They run between the poles and measure position east or west
They measure angular distance north or south of the Equator
They form complete parallel circles of equal length
6. The International Date Line generally follows which longitude, although it bends for political and geographic reasons?
0°
180°
90° E
23.5° W
7. A location is at 35° N, 120° W. In which hemispheres is it located?
Southern and Western
Northern and Eastern
Northern and Western
Southern and Eastern
8. Which coordinates identify the antipode—the point directly opposite Earth—of 20° N, 30° E?
20° S, 30° W
70° S, 150° E
20° S, 150° W
20° N, 150° W
9. A ship travels directly north from 12° S to 4° S without changing longitude. What happens to its latitude value?
It becomes farther south because the number decreases
It moves closer to 0° because the ship is approaching the Equator
It changes from western longitude to eastern longitude
It remains 12° S because longitude did not change
10. Which coordinate pair cannot represent a standard latitude-longitude position because one value exceeds its valid range?
0°, 180°
90° S, 45° E
91° N, 20° W
45° N, 179° W
11. Why is longitude not uniquely meaningful at the exact North or South Pole?
Longitude changes into latitude beyond 90°
The Equator passes through both poles
All meridians meet at each pole
The Prime Meridian ends before reaching the poles
12. Location A is at 40.0° N, and Location B is at 40.5° N on the same longitude. Where is Location B relative to Location A?
Half a degree farther north
Half a degree farther south
Half a degree farther east
Half a degree farther west
13. A traveler moves along the same latitude from 20° E to 35° E. How has the traveler's longitude changed?
It has shifted 15° east
It has shifted 55° east
It has shifted 15° west
It has not changed because the latitude stayed constant
14. What is the latitude of a location on the Equator?
0°
180°
90° north
90° south
15. Point A is at 5° S, 70° E, and Point B is at 10° S, 70° E. In which direction is Point B from Point A?
West
North
East
South
16. Under the conventional latitude-longitude order, how should 25° S, 60° E be interpreted?
25° east of the Prime Meridian and 60° south of the Equator
25° west of the Prime Meridian and 60° north of the Equator
25° north of the Equator and 60° west of the Prime Meridian
25° south of the Equator and 60° east of the Prime Meridian