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1. What is the maximum number of degrees that latitude can reach?

180°

360°

90°

100°

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2. What is the main purpose of the grid system of latitudes and longitudes?

To measure time zones

To create maps

To precisely locate any place on Earth

To predict the weather

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3. Which of the following best describes lines of longitude?

They are parallel circles that never meet.

They are also called parallels.

They are farthest apart at the equator and meet at the poles.

They measure distance north and south of the Prime Meridian.

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4. What is the primary difference between how latitude and longitude are measured?

Latitude uses numbers, longitude uses letters.

Latitude is measured from the Poles, longitude from the Equator.

Latitude is measured from a natural reference (Equator), while longitude is measured from an arbitrary reference (Prime Meridian).

There is no difference; they are measured the same way.

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5. Which pair of coordinates is written in the correct standard format?

Latitude: 90° N, Longitude: 181° E

Latitude: 45.5°, Longitude: -122.5°

Longitude: 40° N, Latitude: 74° W

N 77° 12', W 149° 30'

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6. What is the significance of the coordinates 0°, 0°?

The location of the North Pole.

The point where the Equator and the Prime Meridian intersect.

The deepest point in the ocean.

The location of Greenwich, England.

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7. What is the angular distance of a point east or west of the Prime Meridian called?

Latitude

Longitude

Altitude

Declination

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8. What is the highest possible value for a line of longitude?

90°

180°

360°

100°

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