Question

1. Answer the following questions briefly.
ta) What is the true shape of the earth?
f) What is a globe?
Icy What is the latitudinal value of the Tropic of Cancer?
dy What are the three heat zones of the Earth?
(e) What are parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude?
Why does the torrid zone receive maximum amount of heat?
Why is it 5.30 p.m. in India and 12.00 noon in London?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. geoid
2. spherical model of earth
3. 23°27'N
4. torrid,temperate,frigid zone
5. all parallel circles from the equator to the poles are known as parallels of latitude. the lines of reference running from the north pole to the south pole is known as meridians of longitude
6. because it is near the equator