Coordinate System And Polaris

Test Description: Discusses importance of Polaris and differences between latitude and longitude.

Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.

1) A person knows the solar time on the Prime Meridian and the local solar time. What determination can be made?

2) At what latitude would an observer on the Earth find the altitude of Polaris to be 37 degrees?

3) At which latitude will Polaris be overhead?

4) As a ship crosses the Prime Meridian, the altitude of Polaris is 65 degrees. What is the ship's location?

5) Cities located on the same meridian (longitude) must have the same

6) As a person travels northward from the Equator, the altitude of Polaris will appear to

7) The latitude of a person traveling due east will

8) The angle of the star Polaris above the northern horizon can be used to determine an observer's

9) Which reference line passes through both the geographic North Pole and the geographic South Pole?

10) Lattitude lines run from


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