Question

Fill in the blanks

1. The Tropic of Capricorn is located At___________
2. The Standard Meridian of India is___________ .
3. The 0 Meridian is also known as_________ .
4. The distance between the longitudes decreases towards____________ .
5. The arctic circle is located in the hemisphere_________ -

Answer 1

Answer:

(a) The Tropic of Capricorn is located at 23½° S.

(b) The Standard Meridian of India is 82½° E Longitude.

(c) The 0° Meridian is also known as Prime Meridian.

(d) The distance between the longitudes decreases towards the poles.

(e) The Arctic Circle is located in the Northern Hemisphere.

Prime Meridian

• Prime Meridian has been assigned the value of 0°
• By an international agreement the meridian of longitude passing through the Greenwich observatory (near London) is selected as the Prime Meridian
• To determine the local time of an area with respect to the time at the Prime Meridian (0°Longitude), we use the rate of the time at which the sun traverses over certain degrees of longitudes.

Standard Meridian

• The central meridian of the country and its local time is taken as the standard time for the whole country. This Central meridian is known as the Standard Meridian.
• 82°30′ E is selected as the ‘standard meridian’ of India.
• Few large countries like Russia and the USA have multiple standard meridians.
• The standard meridian in multiples of 7°30′ of longitude was selected as per general understanding among all the countries of the world .

Poles

• The angle of the sun’s rays goes on decreasing towards the poles.
• There are two poles, the South pole and the north pole.

Northern Hemisphere

• The Northern Hemisphere is the Northern half of the earth.
• In the Northern Hemisphere, the areas bounded by the Arctic Circle and Tropic of Cancer are called temperate zones as they have moderate temperatures.
• In the Northern Hemisphere, the area lying between the North Pole, and Arctic Circle is known as the Frigid Zone.

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