Starter quiz
- What three dimensional shape is the Earth?
- a circle
- a sphere ✓
- an oval
- a cylinder
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- Each half of the Earth is called a ...
- semisphere.
- demisphere.
- hemisphere. ✓
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- Put these letters in the correct order to find the name for the line of latitude that runs around the centre of the Earth at an equal distance from the North and South Poles.
- 1⇔E
- 2⇔Q
- 3⇔U
- 4⇔A
- 5⇔T
- 6⇔O
- 7⇔R
- Which of these places are all located in the Northern Hemisphere?
- UK, France, Norway, Canada ✓
- Australia, South Africa, Argentina, Madagascar
- UK, Japan, New Zealand, Antarctica
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- Which city in the UK does the Prime Meridian run through?
- New York
- Lagos
- London ✓
- Tokyo
- Paris
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- Which of these are online maps?
- atlases
- Google Maps ✓
- Ordnance Survey maps
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Exit quiz
- How many hemispheres are there?
- 1
- 2
- 4 ✓
- 6
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- Which city does the Greenwich Prime Meridian run through?
- New York
- Manchester
- London ✓
- Paris
- Tokyo
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- Which of these is not a line of latitude?
- the Equator
- the Prime Meridian ✓
- the Tropic of Cancer
- the Tropic of Capricorn
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- To find the coordinates of a location, we give ...
- longitude first, then latitude.
- only longitude.
- latitude first, then longitude. ✓
- only latitude.
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- What does GPS stand for?
- Global Points Systems
- Google Positioning Systems
- Global Positioning Systems ✓
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- Which line of latitude splits the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
- the Equator ✓
- the Tropic of Cancer
- the Tropic of Capricorn
- the Prime Meridian
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Lines of latitude are horizontal circles on Earth, measured in degrees north or south of the Equator.
- Lines of longitude are vertical circles on Earth, measured in degrees east or west of the Greenwich Meridian.
- We can use coordinates to locate places around the world.
- GPS uses coordinates in communication and transport systems to help society function.
Common misconception
Latitude lines run vertically down the Earth.
Latitude lines run horizontally while longitude lines run vertically.
Keywords
Hemisphere - one half of Earth, usually divided into the Northern or Southern Hemisphere by the Equator, or Eastern and Western Hemispheres by a line that runs through the Poles.
Prime meridian - the line of longitude at 0 degrees, from which the other lines of longitude are measured east and west.
Equator - an imaginary line encircling Earth at 0° latitude and is an equal distance from the North Pole and the South Pole.
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