Latitude and Longitude Review

Master latitude and longitude! Learn about hemispheres, coordinates, and how to read maps like a pro.

Introduction - Please Read Latitude and longitude are lines that that go across, and up and down on maps. They exist only on paper! There are no lines on the actual ground that you can see.LatitudeLines of latitude run parallel to each other around the earth. Latitude lines are called parallels of latitude. Theequator is the 0 degree line of latitude. The other lines of latitude go north and south of the equator. The North Poleis 90 degrees north and the South Poleis 90 degrees south.The equator divides the world into two hemispheres - the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere. A line of latitude is always north or south, except 0.Latitude matches with climate.LongitudeLines of longitude start at theNorth Poleand travel tothe South Pole. Lines of longitude are called meridians. The 0 degree longitude known as the Greenwich Meridian and the 180 degree line called the International Date Line divide the earth into the Eastern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere.Longitude divides the Earth into time zones.Watch the following video clip - Latitude and Longitude How can we locate places on the earth? What are lines of latitude called? What are lines of longitude called? Complete the following passage using the words in the word bank. Imagine we could cut the Earth exctly in half along the theoretical line we call the Equator. The flat cut surface is what we call the Equatorial Plane. The middle of that plane in the Earth's core and its angle is zerodegrees because it is the absolute center of the planet. To pinpoint a location on the Earth's surface, we imagine drawing a linebetween zero and the point being described. The line creates an angleof elevation above the Equator or below it. These are what we call angles of latitude.Because the Equator is a circle of 360 degrees,angles of latitude are measured in degrees of an arc, minutes of an arc and seconds of an arc. These minutes and seconds are not the same as ordinary timemeasurements. They relate to the time it takes for the Earth to rotate.The maximum latitude angle possible is 90 degrees north or south from the imaginary zero point of the Earth's core. There are two such locations the NorthPole and the South Pole. Northern or Southern Hemisphere Place the following countries into the correct hemisphere - Australia, Greenland, South Africa, Canada, Finland, Peru, England, New Zealand Northern Southern Greenland Australia Canada South Africa Finland Peru England New Zealand Look at a World Map and name the following countries that lie near the Equator -Central America - E_r , C_a, V_aAfrica - K_a, U_a, Democratic R_c of C_oAsia Pacific: B_o, M_a, I_a Longitude and Latitude Song (Just for fun if you like stupid songs Watch the following clip up until 2 mins to learn more about longitude and latitude. Complete the following passage about longitude using the following words - longitude half London single imaginary curved meridian reference west measured circumference coordinates Angles of longitude are determined by the use of imaginarylines or (meridians) running from the North Pole to the South Pole. They start at a single point (the North Pole), bulge out around the Earth's curvedsurface, then return to reach a singlepoint at the South Pole. A longitude number shows the point where a certain meridianmeets the Equator. Every meridian crosses the Equator, so the Equator is the point of referencefor all longitude measurements. Zero degrees north and 90 degrees east are the coordinatesof the North and South Poles. These lines are measuredfrom the central line, which is located at Greewich in London,England. The global standard of time measurement als has Greenwich as its base reference. The Greenwich meridian is considered to represent zero degrees longitude.These angles are measure from zero to 180 degrees east or westof the Greenwhich Meridian. The location 180 degrees east of the Greenwhich Meridian is the same as the location 180 degrees west because 180 degrees is half ofthe Equators total circumference (360 degrees) This line at 180 degrees is called the International Date Line. Eastern or Western Hemisphere Using a map place the following countries in the Eastern or Western Hemisphere - Morocco, Egypt, Turkey, India, Saudi Arabia, Ireland, Japan, USA, Austria Eastern Western Egypt USA Austria Ireland Turkey Morocco India Japan Label the latitude and longitude of the following locations - ** Use the word 'degrees' instead of the symbol.