Latitude and longitude

Traps in Latitude and longitude

• Latitude and longitude errors
  Latitude: angular distance N/S of the equator (parallels). Longitude: angular distance E/W of the Greenwich meridian. Tropics 23½°; Arctic/Antarctic Circles 66½°; International Date Line ≈ 180°; 15° of longitude = 1 hour; 1° = 4 minutes.
• Picks a closely related feature or term
  Learn related features as contrasting pairs: how each forms and what it looks like.
• Gives only part of the answer
  Recall the full definition or list of factors and check the option covers it.
• Picks the wrong place or location
  Learn each resource or feature with its location on a map, and the reason it occurs there.
• Reverses the process or effect
  Trace the cause and effect step by step and check the direction at each step.
• Chooses a true but irrelevant statement
  Test each option against the exact term or feature in the stem.
• Over-generalises a pattern
  Geographic patterns have exceptions; be wary of always/never/all.