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Ch-2 globe: Latitudes and Longitudes

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following are shown on the globe in their true size?

a)

Countries

b)

Continents

c)

Oceans

d)

All of these

2.

What is a needle fixed through the globe in a tilted manner?

a)

Orbit

b)

Axis

c)

Longitude

d)

Latitude

3.

What divides Earth into two equal halves? The northern hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere?

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Tropic of Capricorn

c)

Equator

d)

Arctic Circle

4.

The Frigid Zone lies near ________

a)

The Tropic of Cancer

b)

The Equator

c)

The poles

5.

Full Form of GMT

a)

Greenland Mode Time

b)

Greenwich Mean Time

c)

Greenland Mean Time

d)

Greenwich Mode Time

6.

Some globes are fixed .

a)

True

b)

False

7.

___________ is the largest latitude

a)

Equator [ 0 degree ]

b)

North Latitude[ 90 degree north ]

c)

Prime Meridian [ 0 degree ]

d)

South Latitude [ 90 degree south ]

8.

_________ is the hottest zone

a)

Frigid Zone

b)

Temperate Zone

c)

Torrid Zone

d)

Options 2 and 3

9.

There are ______ latitudes .

a)

90

b)

360

c)

180

d)

240

10.

What are east to west lines called ?

a)

Longitudes

b)

Latitudes

c)

Heat zones

d)

Grid

11.

The Earth is inclined at the angle of ________ .

a)

90 degree

b)

23 1/2 degree

c)

66 1/2 degree

d)

240 degree

12.

The Earth moves from _____ to _____ .

a)

east to west

b)

north to south

c)

west to east

d)

south to north

13.

Tropic of Capricorn is 23 1/2 degree north

a)

True

b)

False

14.

The Earth takes ______to rotate 1 degree.

a)

4 Minutes

b)

4 seconds

c)

4 Hours

d)

14 Minutes

15.

________ has many as 11 times zones .

a)

Rwanda

b)

India

c)

Russia

d)

Hawaii

16.

Each time zones covers ____ of longitude.

a)

60 degree

b)

1 degree

c)

23 1/2 degree

d)

15 degree