Grade 6 Ch-2: Globe Latitudes and Longitudes

Which of the following are located at the frigid zones?

• North pole and South pole

• West pole and South pole

• East pole and South pole

• East pole and West pole

In which direction does the earth rotate?

• east to south

• west to east

• west to north

• east to west

The Earth also moves on its own axis. What is this motion called?

• harmonic

• revolution

• rotation

• rotary

Which other imaginary line divides the Earth into Northern and Southern hemisphere?

• equator

• prime meridian

• tropic of cancer

• 0 degree longitude

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

Which of the following region is located at the South pole?

• Kashmir

• Arctic circle

• Greenwich

• Antarctic circle

Which imaginary line divides the Earth into Eastern and Western hemisphere?

• orbit

• axis

• equator

• prime meridian

Which of the following is 0° latitude?

• prime meridian

• north pole

• equator

• south pole

Which of these lie in the Northern hemisphere?

• Arctic Circle and Antarctic Circle

• Arctic Circle and Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn and Antarctic Circle

• Arctic Circle and Tropic of Capricorn

Which of these lie in the Southern hemisphere?

• Tropic of Capricorn and Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Cancer and Antarctic Circle

• Tropic of Cancer and Arctic Circle

• Tropic of Capricorn and Antarctic Circle