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GLOBE : LATITUDES AND LONGITUDES

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the shape of the Earth?
a) Perfect sphere
b) Oval
c) Slightly flattened at the poles and bulging at the equator
d) Cube

a)

Slightly flattened at the poles and bulging at the equator

b)

Circle

c)

Irregular shape

d)

Sphere

2.

What is a globe?

a)
a model of the Moon
b)
a type of globe fish
c)
a spherical container for liquids
d)
b) A miniature form of the Earth
3.

he equator represents which degree of latitude?

a)
b) 0°
b)
d) 120°
c)
c) 30°
d)
a) 75°
4.

The Tropic of Cancer is located at which latitude?

a)
15° N
b)
45° N
c)
30° N
d)
a) 23½° N
5.

How many important parallels of latitude are there?

a)
1
b)
6
c)
10
d)
5
6.

The frigid zones are located near which part of the Earth?

a)
The equator
b)
The tropics
c)
The desert regions
d)
b) The poles
7.

The longitude of the Prime Meridian is:

a)
b)
120°
c)
150°
d)
30°
8.

How many degrees of longitude does the Earth have?

a)
e) 450
b)
f) 300
c)
g) 120
d)
c) 360
9.

The distance between longitudes decreases towards:

a)
The International Date Line
b)
b) The poles
c)
The Tropic of Cancer
d)
The equator
10.

Which zone receives the maximum heat?

a)
e) Polar zone
b)
f) Subtropical zone
c)
g) Equatorial zone
d)
b) Torrid zone
11.

What divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western hemispheres?

a)
The International Date Line
b)
b) The Prime Meridian
c)
The Tropic of Capricorn
d)
The Equator
12.

The Antarctic Circle is located in which hemisphere?

a)
a) Tropical
b)
c) Central
c)
d) Arctic
d)
b) Southern
13.

The standard meridian of India is:

a)
d) 75° W
b)
b) 90° E
c)
a) 45° N
d)
c) 82½° E
14.

The Earth's rotation affects time by:

a)
20° per hour
b)
10° per hour
c)
a) 15° per hour
d)
50° per hour
15.

The local time at any place is determined by:

a)
e) Altitude
b)
f) Population density
c)
g) Time zones
d)
a) Longitude
16.

Which parallel is also known as the Arctic Circle?

a)
45° N
b)
23½° N
c)
66½° S
d)
66½° N
17.

The Eastern and Western hemispheres are divided by which imaginary line?

a)
Tropic of Cancer
b)
Greenwich Mean Time
c)
International Date Line
d)
b) Prime Meridian
18.

The grid system on Earth is formed by:

a)
Equator and Tropic of Cancer
b)
Longitude lines only
c)
Tropic of Capricorn and Prime Meridian
d)
a) Parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude
19.

What is the longitudinal extent of the Earth?

a)
d) 360°
b)
300°
c)
120°
d)
45°
20.

The time at the Prime Meridian is called:

a)
c) Greenwich Mean Time
b)
Central European Time
c)
Pacific Daylight Time
d)
Eastern Standard Time