Latitude and Longitude Notes

7.3.spi.6. Locate on a map specific lines of longitude and latitude. (i.e., Prime Meridian, International Date Line, Equator, North and South Poles, Tropics of Cancer

and Capricorn, Arctic Antarctic circles).

1) Differentiate between latitude and longitude lines

Longitude lines run north and south Latitude lines run east and west

2) What is a hemisphere? List four. A TERM FOR HALF OF

THE GLOBE North, south, east,

and west

3) How can locations be expressed? As coordinates (where latitude and longitude

meet

4) Define equator. The line of 0 degrees latitude

5) Define prime meridian. The line of 0 degrees longitude

6) Draw the 4 hemispheres.

7) Draw a globe with latitude lines ONLY.

8) Draw a globe with longitude lines ONLY.

9 ) Draw the major lines of latitude North Pole Arctic Circle Tropic of Cancer Equator Tropic of Capricorn Antarctic Circle South Pole

Major Lines- Act it out Let’s get physical….

Body parts represent the major lines of latitude Top of head – North Pole Ears – Arctic Circle Shoulders – Tropic of Cancer Waist – Equator Knees – Tropic of Capricorn Shins – Antarctic Circle Toes – South Pole

10) Draw the compass rose on your paper

11) If you’re given a point……

11) If you’re given a point…… Step 1- Put your finger on the point Step 2- Trace your finger straight to the right or

left until you reach the end of the map Step 3- Write down this point. It is the latitude. Step 4- Put your finger on the point again. Step 5- Trace your finger straight up or down until

you reach the end of the map Step 6- Write down this point. It is your longitude.

11) How to get coordinates

Latitude+

Longitude Coordinates

Find the coordinates of the mountains.

Coordinates Longitude= 100 degrees east

+ Latitude= 40 degrees north

The coordinates are 100 degrees longitude west, 40 degrees latitude north

12) If you’re given the coordinates…. Step 1- Put your finger on the longitude (across

the top or bottom) Step 2- Put another finger on the latitude (across

either side) Step 3- Move your fingers together until they

meet.

What landmark is at 140 degrees west, 40 degrees north?

What landmark is at 140 degrees west, 40 degrees north?

a) The San Francisco bridgeb) Big Ben Grandfather clockc) A volcanod) The Great Wall of China

The answer is……..d) The Great Wall of China

Equator Latitude 0o

Latitude: (90oN to 90oS)

Latitude 23½o NorthTropic of Cancer

Latitude 23½o SouthTropic of Capricorn

Longitude 30o East

Longitude 60o East

Longitude 30o West

Longitude 60o West

Positioning on the Earth’s SurfaceEast is the direction of rotation of the Earth North Pole

South Pole

23½o 23½o

66½o 90o

900

21st June

22nd December

22nd Sept20th March

30oE60oE90oE90oW30oW60oW

Longitude 90oEastLongitude 90o West

Prime Meridian0o Longitude

Longitude: (180oE to 180oW)

Latitude and Longitude together enable the fixing of position on the Earth’s surface.

Globe BingoG L O B E

       

       

       

       

 

  Word List  Equator Prime Meridian North Pole South Pole

Meridians Parallels East and West Cardinal RoseTropic of Cancer Antarctic Circle North and South East

Arctic Circle Tropic of Capricorn Northern Hemisphere Southern Hemisphere

Globe BingoG L O B E

       

       

       

       

 

  Word List  Equator Prime Meridian North Pole South Pole

Meridians Parallels East and West Cardinal RoseTropic of Cancer Antarctic Circle North and South East

Arctic Circle Tropic of Capricorn Northern Hemisphere Southern Hemisphere

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