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The Frostfern Seed House Map

Read about a northern seed house and use latitude and longitude to locate, compare, and describe places.

Grade 4Social StudiesInteractive · Printable

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  • 14 questions
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Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 4
Subject
Social Studies
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students use latitude and longitude in the correct order to locate places.
  • Students compare places by their north-south and east-west positions.
  • Students explain how coordinate pairs provide a precise location.

How to use

Read the passage together and have students mark the coordinate pairs on a classroom globe or sketch map before answering.

Curriculum

C3 Framework standard covered

GEO.4.1

Use latitude and longitude to locate places on a map or globe.

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The Frostfern Seed House Map

Use latitude and longitude to find places in a northern town.

Read the map notes

Read about the Frostfern Seed House. Use the coordinate pairs in the passage to answer the questions.

A Map for the Seed House

Frostfern is a small northern town where gardeners save seeds from plants that can grow during short summers. The Frostfern Seed House stores the seeds in a cool building and shares them with nearby communities. A map crew is making a globe guide so visitors can find the seed house and other places.

The crew uses latitude and longitude. Latitude measures how far north or south a place is from the equator. Lines of latitude circle Earth from east to west. Longitude measures how far east or west a place is from the prime meridian. Lines of longitude run from the North Pole to the South Pole. A coordinate pair gives latitude first and longitude second.

On the crew's guide, the Frostfern Seed House is at 64° N, 18° W. Marten Gate, where the winter road enters town, is at 65° N, 22° W. Bluebell Creek is at 63° N, 20° W. Whitecap Meadow is at 66° N, 17° W. Pineglass Dock is at 64° N, 15° W. Cloudberry Hill is at 62° N, 23° W.

To locate a place on a globe, a reader first finds the correct latitude line and then follows the correct longitude line. The place is where those two lines meet. For example, Frostfern and Pineglass Dock share a latitude, so they are the same distance north of the equator. Their different longitudes show that they are not in the same east-west position.

1.
Why does the map crew write both 64° N and 18° W for the Frostfern Seed House?
  • A. One number names the town and the other names its weather.
  • B. The two numbers show how large the seed house is.
  • C. The pair identifies both the north-south and east-west position.
  • D. The first number gives the year when the building opened.
2.
Which place on the crew's guide is farthest north?
  • A. Marten Gate
  • B. Frostfern Seed House
  • C. Pineglass Dock
  • D. Whitecap Meadow
3.
A student is locating 65° N, 22° W on a globe. Which line should the student find first?
  • A. The latitude line at 65° N
  • B. The longitude line at 65° W
  • C. The latitude line at 22° N
  • D. The longitude line at 22° E
4.
Word bank: 64° N, 15° W · 64° N, 18° W · 62° N, 23° W

The coordinate for Pineglass Dock is  .

5.
How is Bluebell Creek at 63° N, 20° W positioned compared with the Frostfern Seed House at 64° N, 18° W?
  • A. It is north and east of the seed house.
  • B. It is south and west of the seed house.
  • C. It is south and east of the seed house.
  • D. It is north and west of the seed house.
6.
Sort each place by its latitude compared with the Frostfern Seed House at 64° N.
Marten Gate, 65° N, 22° WBluebell Creek, 63° N, 20° WWhitecap Meadow, 66° N, 17° WCloudberry Hill, 62° N, 23° W
North of 64° NSouth of 64° N
7.
Which coordinate could describe a place south and east of the Frostfern Seed House at 64° N, 18° W?
  • A. 66° N, 20° W
  • B. 63° N, 21° W
  • C. 65° N, 15° W
  • D. 62° N, 15° W

Use the coordinates

Compare the coordinates carefully. Remember that latitude comes first.

8.
Frostfern and Pineglass Dock both have a latitude of 64° N. What does their different longitude tell you?
  • A. They are at different distances north of the equator.
  • B. They are in different east-west positions.
  • C. They are both on the prime meridian.
  • D. They are in different hemispheres.
9.
Which coordinate could describe a place north and west of the Frostfern Seed House at 64° N, 18° W?
  • A. 63° N, 17° W
  • B. 65° N, 16° W
  • C. 66° N, 22° W
  • D. 62° N, 21° W
10.
Which place is closest to the equator?
  • A. Whitecap Meadow at 66° N
  • B. Frostfern Seed House at 64° N
  • C. Cloudberry Hill at 62° N
  • D. Marten Gate at 65° N
11.
Marten Gate is at 22° W, and Whitecap Meadow is at 17° W. Which statement is supported by these longitudes?
  • A. Whitecap Meadow is east of Marten Gate.
  • B. Whitecap Meadow is west of Marten Gate.
  • C. The two places have the same longitude.
  • D. Longitude does not show an east-west position here.
12.
A new freezer hut is at 63° N, 15° W. Which place is it south and east of?
  • A. Bluebell Creek at 63° N, 20° W
  • B. Pineglass Dock at 64° N, 15° W
  • C. Cloudberry Hill at 62° N, 23° W
  • D. Whitecap Meadow at 66° N, 17° W
13.
Make a claim about Cloudberry Hill at 62° N, 23° W compared with Whitecap Meadow at 66° N, 17° W. Support your claim with both latitude and longitude.
14.
Explain how a coordinate pair helps a reader locate a place on a globe. Use the Frostfern Seed House and Pineglass Dock as evidence.

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