Longitude and Latitude Lab

Longitude and Latitude Lab

1. How does sea surface temperature appear to change with latitude?

2. How does sea surface temperature appear to change with longitude?

3. Which lines (longitude or latitude) run from north to south?

4. Which lines (longitude or latitude) run from east to west?

5. Which line is the reference line for longitudes?

6. Which line is the reference line for latitudes?

7. Draw and label these patterns onto your printed map. Describe the distribution of sea surface temperatures around the world.

8. How does sea surface temperature change along latitude lines?

9. How does sea surface temperature change along longitude lines?

10. What conclusion might you have drawn had you looked at global sea surface temperature along only one latitude line?

11. How does the time of the year affect the distribution of global sea surface temperature?