Class 6 Social Science
Globe: Latitudes and Longitudes
Q.1
Answer the following questions briefly.
(a) What is the true shape of the earth?
(b) What is a globe?
(c) What is the latitudinal value of the Tropic of Cancer?
(d) What are the three heat zones of the Earth?
(e) What are parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude?
(f) Why does the torrid zone receive maximum amount of heat?
(g) Why is it 5.30 p.m. in India and 12.00 noon in London?
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Q.2
(a) The value of the prime meridian is
(i) 90° (ii) 0° (iii) 60°
(b) The frigid zone lies near
(i) the Poles (ii) the Equator (iii) the Tropic of Cancer
(c) The total number of longitudes are
(i) 360 (ii) 180 (iii) 90
(d) The Antarctic circle is located in
(i) the Northern hemisphere (ii) the Southern hemisphere (iii) the Eastern hemisphere
(e) Grid is a network of
(i) parallels of latitudes and meridians of longitudes (ii) the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn (iii) the North Pole and the South Pole
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Q.3
(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.
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