Latitudes and Longitudes

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1. What is the Difference Between Latitude and Longitude?

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Write a short note on heat zones.

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What is the difference between the geographic axis and a geographic meridian?

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Which is the longest latitude?

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

1. True
2. False

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The distance between the longitudes decreases towards________?

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Name the zone which is coldest.

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

1. 1884

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Which is the southernmost latitude of the Indian mainland in degrees?

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

Q. Which of the below given terms refers to the imaginary horizontal line that divides the Earth into two halves?

1. Equator
2. Axis
3. Tropic of Cancer
4. Tropic of Capricorn

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

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

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

1. True
2. False

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The regions around the North Pole and the south Pole, where the rays of the sun slant most, are called cold or _________ zones.

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

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

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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