Globe - longitudes and latitudes Flashcards
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calculation of minutes/ time with longitudes
360° = 24hrs 1hr = 15° 1° = 4mins
latitudes
parallels
horizontal line
east to west
° of north pole and pole
90°
° of tropic of cancer and capricorn
23.5° n and s
° of arctic and antarctic circle
66.5° n and s
torid zone
between cancer and capricorn
temparate zone
between arctic and cancer
between capricorn and antarctic
moderate climate
frigid zones
cancer to north pole
capricorn to south pole
longitudes
lines running north to south
run north to south
perpendicular lines
another name for longitudes
meridians
0° meridian
prime meridian/ greenwich meridian
greenwich meridian
standard reference point
GMT is now
UTC
coordinated universal time
opposite to prime meridian
international date line
180°
imp of international date line
day/ date changes
separates 2 consecutive calendar days
only longitude that has bends
180° meridian
IDL
to include Samoa - to maintain same time throughout the country
IST longitude
82.5°E
passes through UP, MP, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, AP
left extreme longitude of india
68°E
right extreme longitude of india
97°E
left extreme point of India
Dwaraka
right extreme point of india
Deburga
IST
+5.30 from GMT
prime/ greenwich meridian passes through
London
time zones
15°
In reality 7.5°W to 7.5°E
country having maximum no of time zones
russia
11
mainland
no of time zones of France
12
mainland + othes
whats day light saving time
summer time - setting the clock ahead by 1 hr - to better utilise natural daylight
taking maximum advantage
mainly followed by countries in polar regions
summer - longer days
winter - shorter days
daylight saving invented by
canadians
1908
daylight saving popularized by
germans
1916
countries following daylight saving
most part of US and canada, brazil, southern australia, europe
68% of countries dont follow
daylight saving start and end
march/ april to september/ novemeber
