GLOBE : LATITUDES AND LONGITUDES
1. Answer the following questions briefly.
(a) What is the true shape of the earth?
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(b) What is a globe?
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(c) What is the latitudinal value of the Tropic of Cancer?
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(d) What are the three heat zones of the Earth?
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(e) What are parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude?
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(f) Why does the torrid zone receive maximum amount of heat?
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(g) Why is it 5.30 p.m. in India and 12.00 noon in London?
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2. Tick the correct answers.
(a) The value of the prime meridian is
(i) 90° (ii) 0° (iii) 60°
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(b) The frigid zone lies near
(i) the Poles (ii) the Equator (iii) the Tropic of Cancer
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(c) The total number of longitudes are
(i) 360 (ii) 180 (iii) 90
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(d) The Antarctic circle is located in
(i) the Northern hemisphere
(ii) the Southern hemisphere
(iii) the Eastern hemisphere
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(e) Grid is a network of
(i) parallels of latitudes and merdians of longitudes
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(ii) the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn
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(iii) the North Pole and the South Pole
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3. Fill in the blanks.
(a) The Tropic of Capricorn is located at _________________.
(b) The Standard Meridian of India is ____________________.
(c) The 0° Meridian is also known as ____________________.
(d) The distance between the longitudes decreases towards___________.
(e) The Arctic Circle is located in the ____________ hemisphere.
