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Globe - longitudes and latitudes Flashcards

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1
Q

calculation of minutes/ time with longitudes

A 
360° = 24hrs
1hr = 15°
1° = 4mins
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2
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latitudes

A

parallels
horizontal line
east to west

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3
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° of north pole and pole

A

90°

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4
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° of tropic of cancer and capricorn

A

23.5° n and s

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5
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° of arctic and antarctic circle

A

66.5° n and s

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6
Q

torid zone

A

between cancer and capricorn

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7
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temparate zone

A

between arctic and cancer
between capricorn and antarctic
moderate climate

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8
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frigid zones

A

cancer to north pole

capricorn to south pole

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9
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longitudes

A

lines running north to south
run north to south
perpendicular lines

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10
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another name for longitudes

A

meridians

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11
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0° meridian

A

prime meridian/ greenwich meridian

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12
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greenwich meridian

A

standard reference point

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13
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GMT is now

A

UTC

coordinated universal time

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14
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opposite to prime meridian

A

international date line

180°

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15
Q

imp of international date line

A

day/ date changes

separates 2 consecutive calendar days

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16
Q

only longitude that has bends

A

180° meridian
IDL
to include Samoa - to maintain same time throughout the country

17
Q

IST longitude

A

82.5°E

passes through UP, MP, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, AP

18
Q

left extreme longitude of india

A

68°E

19
Q

right extreme longitude of india

A

97°E

20
Q

left extreme point of India

A

Dwaraka

21
Q

right extreme point of india

A

Deburga

22
Q

IST

A

+5.30 from GMT

23
Q

prime/ greenwich meridian passes through

A

London

24
Q

time zones

A

15°

In reality 7.5°W to 7.5°E

25
Q

country having maximum no of time zones

A

russia
11
mainland

26
Q

no of time zones of France

A

12

mainland + othes

27
Q

whats day light saving time

A

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

28
Q

daylight saving invented by

A

canadians

1908

29
Q

daylight saving popularized by

A

germans

1916

30
Q

countries following daylight saving

A

most part of US and canada, brazil, southern australia, europe
68% of countries dont follow

31
Q

daylight saving start and end

A

march/ april to september/ novemeber

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