This 3-page 4th grade geography worksheet separates lines of latitude from lines of longitude. Page 1 has one globe with five latitude lines (60°N, 30°N, 0°, 30°S, 60°S) and five longitude lines (60°W, 30°W, 0°, 30°E, 60°E), each labeled in degrees. Students trace them in two colors. Page 2 has eight true or false statements in a table. Page 3 gives the color key and the answers.
“Tell lines of latitude from lines of longitude on a globe.”
Trace the Globe asks for the five latitude lines in blue and the five longitude lines in red.
“Recall facts about the equator, the prime meridian and the poles.”
Statements 3, 5 and 6 give the equator at 0° latitude, the prime meridian at 0° longitude and the North Pole at 90°N.
Students trace the east to west lines in blue and the north to south lines in red. Every line has a degree label, so the pattern is easy to see.
Eight statements, such as the equator is 0° latitude, lines of latitude meet at the poles and the North Pole is at 90°N. Students write True or False in the box beside each one.
The line colors for the globe, then True or False for all eight statements. Statements 4 and 8 are the two marked False.
Set up the colors
Hand out one blue and one red pencil and ask students to trace the equator first. Starting from the one 0° line they already know makes the other lines easier to sort.
Statement 7
Statement 7 says lines of longitude are all the same length, and many students will answer False. Run a finger along two meridians on a globe before they decide.
Exit ticket
Use Part 2 alone at the end of a lesson on latitude and longitude. Statements 4 and 8 show who still mixes the two up.
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