Question

Attempt any five questions fron
estion 3
a) (i) Why are latitudes also called parallels of latitude?
(ii) Why are all the lines of longitude of the same length?
b) State two effects of the rotation of the earth.
c) Give a geographical reason for each of the following:
(i) Great circles are the shortest routes between two places.
(ii) The Earth is a habitable planet.
(iii) Kuala Lumpur rotates faster on the Earth's axis than London​

Answer 1

Answer:

(1)latitude are often called parallels because they are parallel to each other; that is, planes that contain any of these circles never intersect each other. ... The latitude of the circle is approximately the angle between the Equator and the circle, with the angle's vertex at Earth's centre.

(2)the lines of longitude are of equal length. Each line of longitude equals half of the circumference of the Earth because each extends from the North Pole to the South Pole.

(3)