Geographic Coordinates and Earth's Systems Quiz
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#1
What are the two components of geographic coordinates?
Latitude and altitude
Longitude and altitude
Latitude and longitude
Latitude and longitude lines
#2
Which of the following lines runs horizontally around the Earth?
Latitude
Longitude
Prime meridian
Equator
#3
Which of the following is used as a reference point for measuring longitude?
Prime meridian
Equator
Tropic of Cancer
Arctic Circle
#4
What is the longitude of the International Date Line?
0 degrees
90 degrees
180 degrees
360 degrees
#5
What is the intersection point of the Prime Meridian and the Equator?
North Pole
South Pole
Greenwich, England
Null Island
#6
What is the angle between the equatorial plane and the line connecting a point on the Earth's surface to the center of the Earth?
Longitude
Latitude
Altitude
Declination
#7
Which of the following is NOT a commonly used map projection?
Mercator
Conic
Gnomonic
Polar
#8
Which of the following represents a geographic coordinate of a location on the equator?
0 degrees latitude, 0 degrees longitude
0 degrees latitude, 90 degrees longitude
90 degrees latitude, 0 degrees longitude
90 degrees latitude, 90 degrees longitude
#9
In which hemisphere is the Prime Meridian located?
Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
Eastern Hemisphere
Western Hemisphere
#10
What is the latitude of the North Pole?
90 degrees N
180 degrees N
360 degrees N
90 degrees S
#11
What is the maximum possible value of latitude?
90 degrees N
180 degrees N
360 degrees N
90 degrees S
#12
What is the significance of the Tropic of Cancer?
It marks the northernmost point where the sun is directly overhead.
It marks the location where the Arctic Circle begins.
It is the line of latitude that divides the Earth into eastern and western hemispheres.
It marks the location of the Greenwich Meridian.
#13
What is the significance of the Antarctic Circle?
It marks the southernmost point where the sun is directly overhead.
It marks the location where the Tropic of Capricorn begins.
It is the line of longitude that passes through the South Pole.
It marks the location of the International Date Line.
#14
What is the significance of the Greenwich Meridian?
It marks the location where the sun is directly overhead at noon on the vernal equinox.
It is the starting point for measuring longitude.
It is the line of latitude that passes through Greenwich, England.
It is the line of longitude that passes through the South Pole.
#15
What is the significance of the Equinoxes?
They mark the longest and shortest days of the year.
They mark the beginning of summer and winter.
They occur when the sun is directly overhead at noon on the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.
They occur when the sun is directly overhead at noon on the Equator.
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