Grade 7 · Social Studies · Unit 1 of 5
Latitude, Longitude & Time
Locate places and tell time around the world
What your child practises
Children use latitude and longitude to describe where places are, and learn how time zones, Universal Time and the International Date Line work.
Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: 7-KL-015, 7-KL-020, 7-KL-021, 7-S-205, 7-S-207 · latitude, longitude, parallels and meridians, time zones, and using coordinates on maps
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
The prime meridian is at…
- 0° latitude
- 180° latitude
- 0° longitude
- 90° W
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0° longitude
Hint: It passes through Greenwich, England.
Question 2
Why do we have time zones?
- So that days are longer
- Because the Moon moves
- So everyone has the same time
- So noon is about when the Sun is highest everywhere
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So noon is about when the Sun is highest everywhere
Hint: Without them, noon would happen in the middle of the night in some places.
Question 3
The equator is at…
- 0° latitude
- 180° longitude
- 0° longitude
- 90° N
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0° latitude
Hint: Latitude is measured in degrees north or south of the equator.
Question 4
Earth turns 360° in 24 hours. About how wide is each time zone?
- 24° of longitude
- 15° of longitude
- 10° of longitude
- 90° of longitude
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15° of longitude
Hint: 360 ÷ 24 = 15.
Question 5
Time zones to the east have times that are…
- always noon
- later
- the same
- earlier
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later
Hint: The Sun rises in the east first.
Question 6
Longitude is measured from 0° to…
- 360° only east
- 90° north and south
- 180° east and west
- 100° only west
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180° east and west
Hint: The 180° meridian is on the opposite side of Earth from the prime meridian.