Latitude Longitude Test

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South America is ______Largest Country?

4th

Where is most of the land cover by 1 mile tick ice or thicker?

Antarctica

Longitude

Runs East to West of the Prime Meridian at 0 degrees. They are further apart when they cross the Equator. Not Equal.

Where is the Atacama Desert located?

South America

Tropic of Cancer

23°30' north northern boundary of the tropics.

Tropic of Capricorn

23°30' south southern boundary of the tropics.

What is the second largest country by land?

Africa

What is the largest free standing mountain in the world and where is it located.

Africa Mt. Kilimanjaro

Where is the world longest river and what is it called?

Africa Nile River

What is the longest unbroken mountain chain in the world and where is it located?

Andes Mountains

What is the largest continent by area and population?

Asia

Where is the tallest on land mountain located and what is it called?

Asia

Where is the worlds largest lake and what is it called?

Asia Lake Baikal

What is the smallest country?

Australia

What is the lowest point on North America?

Death Valley

What country has not desert/deserts?

Europe

What is the Longitude 0 degree line?

Greenwich England

Where is the worlds deepest lake located and what is it called?

Lake Baikal

What is the tallest mountain from base to peak called, and what country is it located in?

Mauna Kea

What is the 3rd largest continent?

North America

What is the best desert in the world according to Mr. Gibson?

The Gibson Desert

Latitude

The distance in degrees north to south from the equator. These lines run laterally (horizontally) around the globe. Also known as parallels. Latitude lines never cross.

Equator

The longest line of Latitude. Longitude lines are not all the same length.

Longitude Lines

They intersect at the poles in Antarctica and The Arctic Sea.

Latitude Lines

They measure how far North and South you are from the equator.

True or False. Is Angel Falls the highest water fall in the world?

True

Coordinates

When saying coordinates Longitude is always said second.


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