Question

Answer the following:
1 180° W and 180°E is the same longitude. Can you name this longitude?

2 The Earth is round/ spherical in shape. But when you look around you, it
appears to be flat. Why?

3 A place that is closer to the poles is always colder than a place that is
closer to the equator. Which of these places will be colder? Give reasons.
1. Hammerfest 70° N, 23° E or Vostok station 78° S, 106° E
2. Lagos 6° N, 3° E or Melbourne 37° S, 144° E

4 Where is the minimum distance between two longitudes? Why?

5 What is the Prime meridian? Give its other names and why are they called
so?

6 Differentiate between the latitudes and the longitudes.

Answer 1

1) International Date Line