How many places on the earth may be located on 45° N parallel?
- AOne
- ✓Many
- CTwo
Answer: B.
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Complete the statements choosing the correct option
7 Q→02Identify the types of human settlements from the following statements
11 Q→03Answer the question
18 Q→04FILL IN THE BLANKS
12 Q→05Answer in brief
4 Q→06Match the column.
2 Q→07Give geographical resons.
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The Earth and the Graticule questions
One sample from each question group in this chapter. Select any group above to see the full set with answer keys.
Which circle appears as a point on the globe?
- AEquator
- ✓North/South Pole
- CPrime Meridian
Answer: B.
View full solution →Which circles form the eastern and western hemispheres?
- A0° parallel and 180° meridian
- ✓0° Prime Meridian and 180° meridian
- CNorth and South Polar circles
Answer: B.
View full solution →How many parallels are there in the northern hemisphere?
- ✓90
- B89
- C91
Answer: A.
View full solution →What do the parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude together form on the globe?
- AAngular distance
- BHemisphere
- ✓Graticule
Answer: C.
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Meridians are parallel to each other.
8° 4′ 65″ N is a north meridian.
Parallels and meridians are imaginary lines.
All parallels of latitude converge at the equator.
What are Poles of the earth?
Explain the meaning of the term ‘equator’.
What is used to determine the location on the earth?
What is a graticule?
What is the distance between any two adjacent parallels on the surface of the earth?
The parallels and meridians on the globe form a net that is called a ______.(latitude,graticule, longitude)
The distance between any two adjacent parallels is _______ on the surface of the earth. (111 km, 102 km, 44 km)
Exact location of a place on the earth can be located using ______.(equator, latitude and longitude, Prime Meridian)
All meridians are _______ in size.(unequal, equal, uneven)
One can draw _____ meridians each at a distance of 1°. (90,181, 360)
Write down the main uses of the graticule.
Using a globe, write down the names of the countries through which the equator passes.
How much is the angular distance between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn?
How will you express the latitude and longitude of the North Pole?
| Different parallels | Distance between meridians |
| (1) Poles | (a) 111 km |
| (2) Tropic of Cancer | (b) 102 km |
| (3) Polar Circles | (c) 0 km |
| (4) Equator | (d) 44 km |
| (f) 1° |
| Characteristics | Parallels of latitude | Meridians of longitude |
| Shape | ||
| Size of each parallel is different | ||
| Distance | Distance between two meridians is larger on the equator and the same decreases towards the Poles. |
Latitude and longitudes are expressed into degree, minutes and seconds.
Geographers developed a miniature model of the earth in the form of a globe.
Parallels and meridians are imaginary lines on the earth.
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