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🧠Latitude, Longitude & Time Zones – Year 6
Geography · Year 6 (KS2) — the Equator, hemispheres, Greenwich Meridian, coordinates and time zones
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What is the name of the imaginary line around the middle of the Earth at 0° latitude?
The Equator
The Tropic of Cancer
The Arctic Circle
The Prime Meridian
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The Prime Meridian (0° longitude) passes through which area of London?
Greenwich
Wimbledon
Westminster
Camden
20s
The Equator divides the Earth into which two halves?
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
Northern and Southern Hemispheres
Arctic and Antarctic regions
Tropical and polar zones
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Which line of latitude lies at about 23½° south of the Equator?
The Tropic of Capricorn
The Antarctic Circle
The Arctic Circle
The Tropic of Cancer
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North of the Arctic Circle, what happens on at least one day in midsummer?
Day and night are exactly 12 hours each
The Sun is directly overhead at noon
The Sun does not rise for 24 hours
The Sun does not set for 24 hours
30s
Why do we have day and night?
The Sun travels round the Earth each day
The Moon covers the Sun every night
The Earth travels round the Sun once a day
The Earth spins on its axis once every 24 hours
20s
A place has the coordinates 40° N, 75° W. Which two hemispheres is it in?
Northern and Eastern
Southern and Eastern
Northern and Western
Southern and Western
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What can happen between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn that never happens in the UK?
The Sun can stay up for 24 hours
The Sun can rise in the west
The Sun can stay down for 24 hours
The Sun can be directly overhead at noon
30s
The Earth turns 360° in 24 hours. How many degrees of longitude does it turn in one hour?
10°
24°
30°
15°
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It is 12 noon at Greenwich. A city at 45° E sets its clocks 1 hour for every 15° of longitude. What time is it there?
6 p.m.
1 p.m.
3 p.m.
9 a.m.
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