1. The earliest known globe was made by a scholar named _________ around 140BC. *
1. Magellan
2. Crates
3. Aristotle
4. None
2. ______________ is an instrument used by the navigators to determine the longitude of a place. *
1. Chronometer
2. Barometer
3. Digital meter
4. Isohyets
3. The latitudes become __________ as they move towards the Poles. *
1. bigger
2. circle
3. parallel
4. smaller
4. Latitude of a place can be determined using an instrument called ______. *
1. Chronometer
2. Barometer
3. Sextant
4. None
5. Which of these will you use to show someone the shape of the Earth? *
1. Globe
2. Map
3. Compass
4. Both Globe & Map
6. Water bodies are known as _______. *
1. Oceans
2. Seas
3. Blue
4. Both oceans & seas
7. The word Meridian is derived from________. *
1. Greek
2. Latin
3. Sanskrit
4. None
8. The network of grids is known as the ____________. *
Answers
Answer:
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Answer:
1. Crates
2. Chronometer
3. smaller
4. sextant.
5. Globe
6. oceans and seas.
7. Latin.
8. network of latitude and longitude.
Explanation:
1. Crates of Mallus, a Greek philosopher made the earliest known globe bearing the map of Earth.
2. Chronometer can determine longitude at sea by comparing Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and the actual location calculated from of celestial navigation.
3. As we move from the Equator towards the Poles, the size of latitudes decreases till it becomes 2 points at the Poles.
4. Sextant is a navigation instrument which measures the angular distance of celestial bodies and the horizon to determine latitude.
5. Globe is construced to mimic the shape of Earth.
6. Seas and Oceans are the primary and largest water bodies of Earth.
7. Word Meridian is derived from the Latin word 'Meridies' which means midday.
8. The parallels of latitude and Merdians of longitude forms a network of perpendicular lines called Grid.