latitudes and longitudes

Some of the important parallels of latitudes other than Equator are Tropics of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, Arctic Circle and Antarctic Circle. Arctic Circle and tropic of Cancer lie in the Northern hemisphere where as Antarctic Circle and tropic of Capricorn lie in the Southern hemisphere. Which of the following, lies between Antarctic Circle and tropic of Capricorn?

• INDIA

• AFRICA

• NEW ZEALAND

• BRZIL

The sun's rays fall on the Earth at different angles, because of which we experience hot weather in some countries whereas extremely cold in others. The extremely cold areas are known as frigid zones. Which of the following belong to the frigid zones?

• North pole and South pole

• West pole and South pole

• East pole and South pole

• East pole and West pole

The Earth revolves around the Sun in the third orbit from it for 365 days to completes one revolution. It also spins on its axis due to which we have days and nights on earth. In which direction does the earth rotate?

• east to south

• west to east

• west to north

• east to west

The Earth has two types of motions. The Earth experiences the shifts of day and night because of these motions. The Earth also moves on its own axis. What is this motion called?

• harmonic

• revolution

• rotation

• rotary

It is very difficult to locate a place on the Earth without the help of longitudes and latitudes. An imaginary axis divides the Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres. Which other imaginary line divides the Earth into Northern and Southern hemisphere?

• equator

• prime meridian

• tropic of cancer

• 0 degree longitude

The Earth is tilted at 23½°.

We see a needle fixed with the model globes with tilt which is an imaginary line which represents the Earth's tilt. What is this imaginary line known as?

• prime meridian

• equator

• astronomy needle

• axis

The lines of latitudes and longitudes are man made, we can't see them as they aren't drawn anywhere on the Earth. These were invented for our convenience to locate places and to keep up with uniform time zones. Who, was the first person to observe the longitudinal changes and invented the grid system?

• John Harrison

• Quirico Filopanti

• Charles F. Dowd

• Cloudesley Shovell

Latitude is measured in degrees from north to south. Equator is considered as 0 degree latitude. Equator is an important imaginary circular line. What are circular parallel lines that run from equator till the poles know as?

• parallels of latitudes

• parallels of longitude

• meridians of latitude

• parallels of equator

An imaginary line running on the globe divides it into two equal parts(northern and southern). The northern half of the Earth is known as the Northern Hemisphere and the southern half is known as the Southern Hemisphere. What is this imaginary line known as?

• equator

• rotation

• axis

• prime meridian

The Equator divides the Earth into two equal parts, the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere. The poles of both the hemispheres are the coldest regions on the Earth as the sun-rays fall on these areas at obtuse angles. Which of the following region is located at the South pole?

• kashmir

• Arctic circle

• Greenwich

• Antarctic circle