Question

1. (a) State the main five lines of latitude.
(b) What is the significance of these lines of latitude?
(c) Give a geographical reason for each of the following:
(i) Lines of latitude are called parallels of latitude.
(ü) Lines of latitude are not of equal length.
(iii) Lines of latitude carve out the heat zones of the earth.
(d) Draw a well labelled diagram showing the different heat zones of the world.
2. (a) Describe the lines of longitude.
(b) State the use of the lines of longitude in relation to distance and time.
(c) Give a geographical reason for each of the following:
(i) Lines of longitude are called meridians of longitude.
(ii) Lines of longitude are of same length.
(iii) Diametrically opposite lines of longitude and the Equator are called Great Circles.
(d) Draw a well labelled diagram to show that places on the same longitude have the same
time.
3. (a) State the meaning of the International Date Line.
(b) State with an example how time lost or gained is computed with reference to the International
Date Line.
(c) Give a geographical reason for each of the following:
(i) The International Date Line deviates and goes zig-zag near some islands in the
Pacific Ocean.
(ii) The Greenwich time is called the Greenwich Mean Time.
(ii) Great Circles are the shortest routes between two places.
(d) State with one practical example how is time of a place found with the help of longitudes​

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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Important lines of latitude:

the equator (0°)

the Tropic of Cancer (23.5° north)

the Tropic of Capricorn (23.5° south)

the Arctic circle (66.5° north)

the Antarctic circle (66.5° south)

the North Pole (90° north)

the South Pole (90° south)