Latitudes and Longitudes

Question 1

Why is the earth flattened at the pulse and bulge to the equator?

Answer 1

Centrifugal force and gravity

Question 2

Northwest South and east called

Answer 2

Cardinal points

Question 3

What is the earth grid?

Answer 3

A complete network of parallels of latitudes and meridian of longitudes drawn on the map with globe

Question 4

Define latitudes

Answer 4

Latitude of a place is the angular distance of the place, north or South of the equator as measured from the centre of the Earth

Question 5

Define equator

Answer 5

Circle circumscribing the earth around the centre of the earth, being equidistant from the poles and drawn through the centre with the plane perpendicular to the axis

Question 6

What are parallels of latitude?

Answer 6

Each latitude is an imaginary circle, parallel to the equator and centre on the polar axis

Question 7

How many parallels are there?

Answer 7

180

Question 8

The radius and length of the parallels –

Answer 8

Gradually decreased from its maximum at the equator to its minimise the poles

Question 9

The distance between each latitude is approximately –

Answer 9

111 km

Question 10

Name five parallels of the lat

Answer 10

Equator, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn Artic circle, Antarctic circle

Question 11

Tropic of cancer

Answer 11

23 1/2° north sun is overhead on 21st June

Question 12

Tropic of Capricorn

Answer 12

23 1/2° South latitude, sun is overhead on December 22

Question 13

Artic circle

Answer 13

66 1/2° north, it is important because the area within the circle receives oblique rays of the sun, six months of day and six months of night

Question 14

Antarctic Circle

Answer 14

66 and half degree South, sun rays did not reach here, except when sun is overhead on Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn

Question 15

Name the importance of latitudes

Answer 15

1. Life only exist and is possible because of various phenomena, closely related to climate
   and vegetarian.
2. Latitudes along with longitudes enable us for the whereabouts of the various places on the earth surface.
3. Equator, the 0° latitude passes through the exact central and divides it into 2/2.

Question 16

Climatic zones of the Earth, how is it important?

Answer 16

Let it help us divide the whole into climatic zones. The world‘s climatic determine on the basis of three template zones as the amount of heat received from the sun varies because of the inclination of the earth and its spherical shape.

Question 17

Name the main heat zone

Answer 17

1. Torrid zones.- live between Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn. Areas between 5° north to 5° South of the equator are called doldrums or equatorial zones and are areas of low pressure because the receive direct rate of the sun.
2. Temperate zone- between between tour zone and Arctic circle and Antarctic circle.. temperature temperature is neither hot or cold. receives slant rays of the sun during summer days in northern hemisphere are longer, but in winter, their shorter.
3. Rigid zones.-Artic, circle to North pole and Antarctic circle to South pole.. very slant races during winter. These regions have months of winter during one year and remain frozen.

Question 18

What is longitude?

Answer 18

The long of a place is the angular distance of that place, east or west of the prime meridian

Question 19

Why longitude is called Meridian?

Answer 19

Because it means midday as all the places on the Meridian, have they noonat the same time

Question 20

How many longitudes are there?

Answer 20

360

Question 21

What is the importance of longitudes?

Answer 21

To fix the location of certain place on the earth surface
The great circle roots
Divide the earth into western and eastern hemisphere

Question 22

What are the great circle routes

Answer 22

1.The shortest distance between two points on the earth surface is the arc of great circle

Question 23

Importance of great circle roots.

Answer 23

The shortest distance between two plains, hence they used many to save fuel and time as it is very economical
2. See on the sea, also use it whenever it is possible and as long as it does not lead them into unsafe waters

Question 24

How to solve the problem of different times around the world

Answer 24

Take green, which meantime as reference for international time

Question 25

What does green, which mean time mean?

Answer 25

1. The 0° Meridian passes through the Royal astronomical Observatory at Greenwich near London.
2. In 1884 is decided by international agreement, adopt the local time of prime meridian.
3. When is directly overhead at 30° longitude and it is 12 o’clock that the international time is calculated east or west of the prime meridian
4. the rotates west to east so when it is noon at the primary radium, it will be evening to the places east and morning for the places west

Question 26

1° Meriden is equal to

Answer 26

Four minutes

Question 27

How can the local time of a place be calculated?

Answer 27

With the help of the longitude of the place

Question 28

What is standard Time?

Answer 28

A uniform time for places in approximately the same longitude established in a country or reaching by law or custom.
Generally, the standard Meridian of a country is taken as multiple of 15° or 7 1/2
India central Meridian 82 1/2° east passes through our Allahabad

Question 29

What is international dateline?

Answer 29

The international date line is a line concerned with the dates of the calendar and adopt internationally
When we travel east of this line, it is referred to as 180° east, and when we travel west of the line is referred to us, 180° west
On the other side of the line, a difference of whole day observed

Question 30

Why is the meridian one 80°° chosen as international dateline

Answer 30

Because it passes through the middle of the Pacific Ocean and there is practically no landmarks, and wherever there is landmark, a deviation has been taken

Question 31

How many time zones are there in the world?

Answer 31

24

Question 32

How many time zones do Canada, Russia, and USA have?

Answer 32

Canada has six Russia has 11 and USA has six

Question 33

What are longitude used for?

Answer 33

Locating places on the globe
Determining the local time of the place.