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LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE PRACTICE
DIRECTIONS: Please print out and complete. Circle the word “latitude” or “longitude” as appropriate. In
your answers, please make sure to use proper notations, capitalizations, and spelling. Thank you.
An airplane crashes at 40 degrees north (latitude?/ longitude?) and 60 degrees east (latitude?/ longitude?).
To which letter would you travel to hunt for survivors? _____
On which continent would you be at a location of 10 degrees south (latitude?/ longitude?) and 70
degrees west (latitude?/ longitude?)?
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0 degrees latitude and 0 degrees longitude, the intersection of the Equator and the Prime Meridian,
would be located in which ocean?
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You receive a radio SOS call that a boat is sinking at 20 degrees south (latitude?/ longitude?) and 100
degrees east (latitude?/ longitude?). To which ocean would you travel to try to rescue the people?
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Which letter on the map above is located at 50 degrees north (latitude?/ longitude?) and 120 degrees
east (latitude?/ longitude?)? _______