equator
Latitude is measured north or south from the equator. This topic is part of Latitude within Geography. This page currently draws on 24 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
equator trivia questions
What is the latitude of the equator?
Answer: 0 degrees
Bonus fact: Latitude is measured north or south from the equator.
Which South American country takes its English name from the Spanish word for equator?
Answer: Ecuador
Bonus fact: Ecuador means equator in Spanish, and the country is crossed by the equatorial line.
Europe lies mainly in which hemisphere relative to the equator?
Answer: Northern Hemisphere
Bonus fact: Nearly all of Europe lies north of the equator.
The equator divides Earth into which hemispheres?
Answer: Northern and Southern
Bonus fact: The equator is 0 degrees latitude.
Which major rainforest lies near the equator in South America?
Answer: Amazon
Bonus fact: The Amazon is the world's largest tropical rainforest.
What type of orbit lets a satellite appear fixed over one point on the equator?
Answer: Geostationary orbit
Bonus fact: A geostationary satellite orbits once per sidereal day.
Which major river is notable for crossing the equator twice?
Answer: Congo River
Bonus fact: NASA also describes the Congo as the deepest river on record.
Which imaginary line circles the middle of a globe halfway between the poles?
Answer: Equator
Bonus fact: The equator divides Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
Lines of latitude are also called what?
Answer: Parallels
Bonus fact: They run east-west and remain parallel to the equator.
Ecuador is named after what geographic line?
Answer: Equator
Bonus fact: The equator passes through the country.
At an equinox, the Sun is directly above what latitude?
Answer: Equator
Bonus fact: The subsolar point crosses the equator.
Which imaginary line passes through Kenya?
Answer: Equator
Bonus fact: Kenya straddles the equator.