Latitudes and Longitudes

Q. Name the zones the Earth can be divided into, based on temperature.

1. Torrential Zone
2. Torrid Zone
3. Temperate Zone
4. Frigid Zone

Q. The Prime Meridian passes through _____.

1. Ahmedabad
2. Seoul
3. New York
4. Greenwich

Q. 1 degree of latitude or longitude is further divided into 60 divisions. Each division is called a ____.

1. Equator
2. Degree
3. Second
4. Minute

Q. Why was the Greenwich longitude taken as the Prime Meridian?

1. The Meridian was exactly at the centre of the Eastern and Western hemispheres.
2. Many ships already used Greenwich as a reference point.
3. A large part of the world was already using the Greenwich longitude as a reference point.
4. Americans started using the Greenwich Meridian as their reference meridian to fix their national time zone system.

Q. Pick the latitudes in the Northern hemisphere from the following.

1. Tropic of Cancer
2. Tropic of Capricorn
3. Arctic circle
4. Antarctic circle

Q. In which year was the International Meridian Conference held in Washington, USA?

1. 1884

Q. 1 degree of latitude or longitude is further divided into ______.

1. 60 seconds
2. 60 minutes
3. 60 degree
4. 65 minutes

Q.

Name the longest parallel of latitude.

Q. Each degree of latitude and longitude can be further divided into 60 divisions and each division is called a .

1. micro second
2. second
3. minute
4. hour

Q. Distinguish between the parallels of latitude and meridians ​of longitude.

Q. ________ is a geographic coordinate that specifies the north–south position of a point on the Earth's surface.

1. Longitude
2. Minute
3. Degree
4. Latitude

Q. The longitudes are full circles while the latitudes are half circles.

1. True
2. False

Q. A meeting was attended by the representatives of 25 countries during the 1880s. Its main aim was to establish an origin of the imaginary vertical lines that run around the Earth. Which meeting is being referred to here and where was it held?

1. The International Astronomical Conference, London.
2. The International Meridian Conference, California.
3. The Prime Meridian Conference, San Francisco.
4. The International Meridian Conference, Washington.

Q. Which of the following terms refers to the imaginary horizontal lines that run parallel to each other on the surface of the Earth?

1. Axis
2. Longitudes
3. Orbit
4. Latitudes

Q. In which year was the International Meridian Conference held in Washington, USA?

1. 1884

Q. Which of the following longitudes is the zero degree longitude?

1. Equator
2. Prime Meridian
3. Tropic of Capricorn
4. Tropic of Cancer

Q. 1 degree of latitude or longitude is further divided into 60 divisions. Each division is called a ____.

1. Equator
2. Degree
3. Second
4. Minute