Understanding Parallels and Meridians Test
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PARALLELS AND MERIDIANSProfesora: Conzuelo Casanova
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Expected learning: Ideal score: Note:
Content(s): Real Score:
Identify parallels and meridians.
Identify latitude and longitude.
Locate geographical coordinates. 60% requirement
Draw parallels and meridians.
Nombre____________________________________________Curso:4°_____ Fecha:___/04/2019
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Read calmly and carefully each of the instructions.
2. Answer each question according to the instructions.
3. Respect the spelling rules, if you have any doubts about a word consult your teacher.
4. If the test ends, please remain silent and orderly, showing empathy for your classmates who have not finished yet.
they finish, otherwise their score will be reduced.
You have 90 minutes to complete the test.
Item I. Multiple Choice: Mark with an X the correct answer (2 pts each).
The equator line is located in the 2. Why is the most important meridian called
________degrees: Greenwich?
0° a) Because it passes through a country with the same name
100° b) Because it goes through a city with the same name
c) 120° c) Because it goes through a continent of the same name
60° d) None of the above
3. What are parallels and meridians? 4. What is latitude?
These are hemispheres It is the intersection between Greenwich and the equator.
b) They are representations of the Earth b) It is the distance between meridians.
c) They are imaginary lines c) It is the distance that exists between parallels
They are angles It is an ocean
5. We can define length as: 6. The main parallel that divides the planet into the
northern and southern hemispheres is:
a) It is the distance between a parallel and the poles
It is the distance that exists between [Link]
c) Es la distancia que existe entre paralelos b) Southern Parallel
c) Equator Line
d) It is the intersection between the line of north parallel
Ecuador and Greenwich
Ítem II Términos [Link] los conceptos de lacolumna Acon la definición que corresponda de lacolumna
B. (10 pts)
A B
Divide the Earth into the
Parallels
eastern and
occidental
They are semicircles that
Meridians
they travel the Earth from pole to pole
polo.
Equator Line
It is known as a parallel
zero or main.
Meridian of
Circumferences that in total
Greenwich They add up to 90° in each hemisphere.
Item III Application. Read the instructions and complete on the world map. (10 pts)
a) Complete the compass rose
b) Mark the Equator line in red
c) Mark the Greenwich meridian in green
Paint the western hemisphere yellow
Paint the northern hemisphere blue N
SUCCESS!!