Latitude Longitude Test
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.