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Q.6 Answer the following question. Any 10
1. What is a leap year?
2. Define rotation and revolution ?
3. Differentiate between the Summer and Winter solstice
4. What are the three components of a map ?
5. How do symbols help in reading maps?
6. How are maps more helpful than a globe?
7. Name the different layers of atmosphere?
8. Why is the earth called the blue planet ?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1.leap year is a year which is having 366 days instead 365

2.the movement of earth on its axis is called rotation

the movement of earth around the sun is called revolution

3.summer solstice is having day longer and night shorter in winter solstice night longer and days shorter

8. earth is covered one third by water so it blue planet

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Answer 2

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1. Leap year is an year which has 366 days. Leap year comes every four years.

2. The spinning of earth on its own axis is called rotation.Rotation of earth causes day and night.

Revolution is the process in which earth or other planets goes around the sun. Revolution of the earth causes day and night.

3. Winter solstice is the phenomenon by which a hemisphere experience the shortest day and the longest night of the year .

Summer solstice the year's longest day and shortest night.

4. The three components of a map are :-

• Distance
• Direction
• Symbols

5. Symbols helps a lot in reading maps , they helps in getting the correct information about a place in a very little space. This helps to include more information in a small map.

6. Maps are helpful than a globe , because :-

• It gives more information in a lesser space.

• Maps can be made for specific place while globes can be only made for the whole earth.

• Maps are easier to carry with us.

7. The earth's atmosphere has five different layers , they are :-

  1. Troposphere

  2. Stratosphere

  3. Mesosphere

  4. Thermosphere

   5. Exosphere

8. Earth is called the blue planet because it appears blue in colour from the space , this is because more than 71% of the surface of the earh is covered with water.