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Latitude and Longitude Coordinates Worksheet

Grade 5 latitude and longitude worksheet: 15 questions on the equator, the prime meridian, the hemispheres and reading coordinates, with the answer key.

15 questions · Matching · Multiple choice · True or false · Short answer · Application

This worksheet gives Grade 5 students practice reading and writing geographic coordinates using latitude and longitude. Students learn to identify the equator and the prime meridian, understand how these reference lines divide Earth into hemispheres, and interpret coordinates such as 30°N or 75°W. The activities progress from matching terms to their definitions, through multiple-choice and true-false questions, to short-answer prompts that ask students to explain and compare what they know. This sheet is well-suited as a class review, a homework assignment, or a formative check after a lesson on map skills. An answer key is included on a separate page for teacher and parent use.

Latitude and Longitude Coordinates Worksheet — Grade 5

Use what you have learned about latitude and longitude to complete each section. Read every question carefully before you write your answer.

Remember

  • Latitude lines run east and west; they measure degrees north (N) or south (S) of the equator at 0°.
  • Longitude lines run north and south; they measure degrees east (E) or west (W) of the prime meridian at 0°.
  • The equator divides Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres; the prime meridian divides it into Eastern and Western Hemispheres.

Part A — Match each term to its definition

Draw a line to match each term on the left to its correct definition on the right.

Choose from

  • A. Half of the Earth, divided by the equator or prime meridian
  • B. The line at 0° that divides Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres
  • C. Lines that run north and south, measuring distance east or west of the prime meridian
  • D. The line at 0° that divides Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres
  • E. Lines that run east and west, measuring distance north or south of the equator
  1. 1.

    Equator

  2. 2.

    Prime Meridian

  3. 3.

    Latitude

  4. 4.

    Longitude

  5. 5.

    Hemisphere

Part B — Choose the best answer for each question

Circle the letter of the best answer for each question.

  1. 6.

    Which coordinate tells you how far north or south a place is from the equator?

    1. A.Longitude
    2. B.Latitude
    3. C.The prime meridian
    4. D.The International Date Line
  2. 7.

    A city at 30°S latitude is located in which hemisphere?

    1. A.Northern Hemisphere
    2. B.Eastern Hemisphere
    3. C.Western Hemisphere
    4. D.Southern Hemisphere
  3. 8.

    Which of these coordinates is closest to the equator?

    1. A.45°N
    2. B.10°S
    3. C.60°N
    4. D.35°S
  4. 9.

    The city of London, United Kingdom, lies very close to which important line?

    1. A.The equator
    2. B.The International Date Line
    3. C.The prime meridian
    4. D.The Tropic of Cancer
  5. 10.

    What is the maximum number of degrees a latitude coordinate can reach?

    1. A.180°
    2. B.90°
    3. C.45°
    4. D.360°

Part C — Decide if each statement is true or false

Write True or False on the line. If the statement is false, write the correction below it.

  1. 11.

    The equator is located at 0° latitude.

  2. 12.

    Lines of longitude run east and west around the globe.

  3. 13.

    The prime meridian divides Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

Part D — Answer each question in one or two sentences

Write one or two complete sentences to answer each question on the lines provided.

  1. 14.

    A ship is at 0° latitude and 0° longitude. Explain what that location means and where on Earth it is.

  2. 15.

    Compare latitude lines and longitude lines. How do both work together to find any location on Earth?

Answer key

Part A — Match each term to its definition

  1. 1.The line at 0° that divides Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres
  2. 2.The line at 0° that divides Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres
  3. 3.Lines that run east and west, measuring distance north or south of the equator
  4. 4.Lines that run north and south, measuring distance east or west of the prime meridian
  5. 5.Half of the Earth, divided by the equator or prime meridian

Part B — Choose the best answer for each question

  1. 6.Latitude
  2. 7.Southern Hemisphere
  3. 8.10°S
  4. 9.The prime meridian
  5. 10.90°

Part C — Decide if each statement is true or false

  1. 11.True
  2. 12.False - lines of longitude run north and south around the globe.
  3. 13.False - the prime meridian divides Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.

Part D — Answer each question in one or two sentences

  1. 14.Example: This point is where the equator and the prime meridian cross each other. It is located in the Atlantic Ocean, off the western coast of Africa, and it is the starting point from which all latitude and longitude measurements are made.
  2. 15.Example: Latitude lines run east and west and tell you how far north or south a place is from the equator. Longitude lines run north and south and tell you how far east or west a place is from the prime meridian. Together, one latitude coordinate and one longitude coordinate point to exactly one location on Earth.

What this sheet teaches

  • Identify the equator and prime meridian and explain what each line divides on Earth.
  • Match key geography terms such as latitude, longitude, and hemisphere to their definitions.
  • Write and interpret coordinates using degrees north, south, east, and west.

Notes for the adult

  • Students often confuse which lines run which direction; remind them that latitude lines are like ladder rungs — flat and horizontal.
  • When a student says the prime meridian divides north and south, trace a meridian on a globe from pole to pole to correct the error.
  • A student is ready to move on when they can write coordinates for a named city and identify the correct hemisphere it falls in.

What is on the page

There are four parts to Latitude and Longitude Coordinates Worksheet, 15 exercises between them. Matching, multiple-choice, true or false and short-answer work, in that order, so a student who has understood the material has to show it in more than one form before the page is finished.

Part A Match each term to its definition sets five items against five lettered options, one lettered option per item, which means the last pair can be reached by elimination. Part B Choose the best answer for each question asks five multiple-choice questions with four printed options each. Part C Decide if each statement is true or false puts three statements up to be judged true or false, answered on the rule beside each one. Part D Answer each question in one or two sentences is two short-answer questions with four ruled lines between them, which is the part of the sheet that takes the longest.

Four ruled lines are printed for written answers on Latitude and Longitude Coordinates Worksheet, which decides how long it takes more than the question count does. The answer key prints on its own page at the end, so the sheet can be handed out without it.

What it asks of the student

Latitude and Longitude Coordinates Worksheet puts about 348 words of reading in front of the student — the fact box, the directions, every question, and every printed option. That is the number worth checking against a class before it goes out, because a sheet that is pitched right on the history and wrong on the reading fails for the same child either way. The longest single prompt on it runs to 20 words.

Writing runs the other way on Latitude and Longitude Coordinates Worksheet: four ruled lines for two of the 15 exercises, and the full answer key comes to 197 words. Everything else is answered in a blank, in a box, or on the map itself, which is why the sheet takes a lesson rather than a homework slot.

Where this one sits

Latitude and Longitude Coordinates Worksheet is one of ten World Geography sheets on this site and one of 19 written for grade 5. It is the only one on latitude and longitude, so nothing else here repeats it.

The closest things to it are Countries by Continent Worksheet (grade 6) and World Capitals: Countries and Their Capital Cities (grade 7). If Latitude and Longitude Coordinates Worksheet lands well, those are the ones to reach for next; if it lands badly, the application sheets a grade either side are usually the adjustment rather than a different topic altogether.

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