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WorksheetsChapter:7 Latitudes and Longitudes.
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
The imaginary line on which our Earth rotates is called ___________
Axis.
Equator
Axis, passes through the center of the Earth and its two ends are known as _________
Poles
Globe
The poles towards the north is called the _______
South pole
North pole
The pole towards the south is called ________
South pole
North pole
The part of the Earth that lies to the north of the Equator is called the _________
Sothern hemisphere
northern hemisphere.
The Equator is the invisible line that runs around the center of the Earth at _________degrees latitude.
Zero degree.
One Eighty degree.
What do you meant by grid?
On a map or a globe we can see that the parallels and meridians crisscross each other and form a network of “Grid “. We can locate any place on the surface of the Earth with the help of these lines.
The point of intersection of the parallel and a meridian gives the exact location of a place.
Both a and b
None of these.
A set of imaginary horizontal lines drawn between the two poles and parallels to the equator is called:-
Latitudes
Longitudes.
A set of imaginary vertical lines drawn from the north pole to the South pole is called:-
Latitudes
Longitudes
_____is run in an east –west directions
Latitudes
Longitudes
______run in North-South directions.
Latitudes
Longitudes
These lines allow you to quickly and accurately locate places and features on the earth's surface.
Parallels of latitudes
Meridians of longitudes
All the pairs of meridians divide the globe into two equal halves-these line are known as:-
Parallels of latitudes
Meridians of longitudes
Equator and the meridians of longitudes are, called ______
Small circles
Great circles
Other parallels of latitudes are known as __________
Small circles
Great circles
