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Meridians of Longitude
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Meridians of Longitude
Merry Meridians
Shown on the map are the lines of longitude west of the prime meridian,
Tulsa
Oklahoma
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Dallas
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Texas
95°W 90 0 W 85°W
Directions: Answer the questions about these southeastern states,
1, Which two cities lie closest to 90 0 W?
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South Pole
3. Name the two meridians east of the prime meridian on this map.
4. How many meridians are west of the prime meridio n on this map? __
5. On this map, what meridian is located between 115°W and 15°E?
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Lines of Longitude
Directions: Use the meridians shown in the globe below to answer the questions,
7, Degrees to the left of the prime meridian are which direction? _____
10, Which meridians shown on this map pass through the continent of
Africa ?___________________________
11 , What meridian is west of 45°W? _________
12, Trace the prime meridian orange,
13, Trace the other meridians yellow,
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Locating Cities
This map shows part of the northeastern United States. All longitude meridians
on this map are west.
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Canton
Penns Ivania
Harri ~urg
Fredricksburg-\
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Virginia ,/
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Richmond
Directions: Use the longitude meridians above to answer the questions below.
1. Bridgeport, Connecticut, is closest to which meridian? _ _ _ _ _ __
2. Trenton, New Jersey is closest to which meridian? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
3. Name the meridians closest to these cities:
Philadelphia Georgetown _ _ __
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Far 0
Elkt~n
Dakota? __________________________
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Lines of Longitude
Remember". The lines of NORTH POLIE
longitude tell how far east or west
of the prime meridian (0°) you
are.
All lines of longitude are
measured from the prime
meridian in degrees. Everything
west of the prime meridian is
labeled W for west, and
everything east of the prime
meridian is labeled E for east.
Directions: Use a globe or map to
'find '~he longitude for each of the
following cities. Remember to
indicate both the number of
degrees and whether it is east or
west of the prime meridian.
SOUTH POLE
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Directions: Use this map to answer the questions, Pay particular attention to
the location of the prime meridian, 250
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