by BlastRoom
Practice locating places on Earth with graticules, Polaris altitude, and longitude-time relationships.
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On the graticule, point B is marked where a parallel and a meridian cross. What are B's coordinates?

Point C is plotted on a graticule. Which coordinate pair gives C's location?

A point labeled D is shown on the world graticule. What are its coordinates?

Read the latitude and longitude of point E on the graticule.

Use the graticule. Which coordinates match point F?

Use the graticule to identify the coordinates of point G.

Use the graticule. What are the coordinates of point H?

Use the graticule. Which coordinates describe point J?

What coordinate pair matches point K on the graticule?

Point L is plotted on the graticule. What are L's coordinates?

Point M is marked near the prime meridian. Which coordinates should be written for M?

Read point N on the latitude-longitude grid. Which location is correct?

Point P is marked on the graticule. Which coordinates match P?

Point R is plotted on the graticule. What are R's coordinates?

Points F, G, H, and J are marked on the map. Which point lies at 45 degrees N, 75 degrees W?

Four points are plotted in the Eastern Hemisphere. Which point is at 30 degrees S, 120 degrees E?

On the graticule, which labeled point is located at 0 degrees latitude, 15 degrees E?

Find the point at 45 degrees N, 15 degrees W on the map.

Which plotted point is at 15 degrees S, 60 degrees W?

The map marks F, G, H, and J. Which point sits at 15 degrees N, 135 degrees E?

Use the graticule to choose the point at 60 degrees S, 30 degrees E.

Which labeled point is found at 30 degrees N, 105 degrees W?

Look for the intersection at 45 degrees S, 15 degrees E. Which point is there?

At 30 degrees N, 45 degrees W, which plotted point should be selected?

Which point lies at 75 degrees N, 165 degrees W on the graticule?

Select the point located at 15 degrees S, 105 degrees E.

Polaris is 52 degrees above the northern horizon. What is the observer's latitude?
A Northern Hemisphere observer measures Polaris at an altitude of 35 degrees. What latitude does that show?
Polaris stands 68 degrees above the northern horizon. What is the observer's latitude?
Polaris stands 15 degrees above the northern horizon for an observer. Which latitude matches that observation?
A student records Polaris at 41 degrees altitude. What is the student's latitude?
Polaris is observed 73 degrees above the horizon. Which latitude is indicated?
Near the equator, Polaris is measured only 5 degrees above the northern horizon. What is the latitude?
An observer sees Polaris 89 degrees above the horizon. What latitude is closest to the observer?
The Sun crosses one city's meridian 3 hours before it crosses another city's meridian. How far apart in longitude are the cities?
Two cities are 75 degrees of longitude apart. What is their local solar-time difference?
At city X, local noon happens 2 hours later than it does at Greenwich. What is city X's longitude?
City A is at 90 degrees E, and city B is at 30 degrees E. How much earlier does local noon occur at A?
A navigator finds a 6-hour difference between local noon and Greenwich noon. What longitude difference does that represent?
A Greenwich clock reads 10:00 when a ship has local noon. What is the ship's longitude from Greenwich?
Local noon at 15 degrees W occurs how much earlier or later than local noon at 45 degrees W?
Two meridians have local solar times 30 minutes apart. How many degrees of longitude separate them?
Use the map. What kind of coordinate line is line A?

Line A runs from pole to pole on the globe. What does this family of lines measure?

Which reference line is line A on the map?

Which reference line is line B on the map?

A traveler moves from 5 degrees S to 5 degrees N. Which reference line must the traveler cross?

A ship moves from 20 degrees W to 20 degrees E while staying on the equator. Which reference line lies between those longitudes?

Point P is at 25 degrees N. What does that latitude tell you?

Which coordinate names a meridian west of the prime meridian?

Which lines of the graticule meet at the North and South Poles?
In the coordinate pair 12 degrees N, 45 degrees E, what is the order of the coordinates?
Points K and L are marked on the graticule. Which statement correctly compares their locations?

Compare points A and B on the map. Which statement is correct?

Use the graticule to compare points C and D. Which comparison is accurate?

Use the graticule to compare E and F. Which statement is true?

Points G and H are plotted in the Northern Hemisphere. Which comparison matches the map?

Points J and K are both east of the prime meridian. Which statement compares them correctly?

Compare points M and N. Which statement correctly describes their positions?

Use the graticule to compare points P and R. Which comparison is correct?

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