Geographic coordinates
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Write the difference between latitude and longitude in two sentences.
Latitude is counted from the equator, 0°–90°; longitude from the Prime Meridian, 0°–180°.
2
Compare the latitudes of Samarkand (about 40° N) and Tashkent (41° N) on an atlas or globe. What is the difference in degrees?
1
3
In which hemispheres: a) 35° S, 149° E; b) 40° N, 74° W?
a) Southern and Eastern; b) Northern and Western.
4
From a globe find the approximate coordinates of Cairo, Beijing and New York.
Cairo ≈ 30° N, 31° E; Beijing ≈ 40° N, 116° E; New York ≈ 41° N, 74° W.
5
On the equator 1° of longitude is about 111 km. About how many km is 10°?
1110