The Great Circles

Q.

What is the new name of Mesopotamia?

Q. The ____ is a circle on the surface of a sphere which lies in a plane passing through the sphere's centre.

1. Tropic of Cancer
2. Equator
3. Great Circle
4. Prime Meridian

Q. The Great Circle represents the ___________ distance between any two points on a sphere.

1. shortest
2. longest
3. impermanent
4. circuitous

Q. The shortest path between two points on the Earth is determined by the Great Circle Route

1. True
2. False

Q. If a plane was flying non-stop from Singapore to New York, what route would it take to get to New York as fast as possible?

1. The Route along the Atlantic Ocean
2. The Route along the Great Circle
3. The Route along the IDL
4. The Route along the Prime Meridian

Q. routes always give the shortest distance between two points on the Earth.

1. Great Circular
2. Great Hyperbolic
3. Great Parabolic