B. Answer the following:<br />1. What are latitudes? List important latitudes<br />and their degrees.<br />2. Define longitudes. Why does local time<br />vary from one longitude to another?<br />3. Describe the three Heat Zones.<br />4. What is International Date Line? Why was<br />180° longitude chosen for International<br />Date Line?<br />5. What is local time?<br />6. What is standard time? Why was 82.5°<br />chosen as the Standard Meridian of India?<br />7. What is Time Zone? Why do some countries<br />have more than one time zone?
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latitudes are the parallel line drawn from equator they ran from east to west. Equator is an Important latitude. equator located at 0⁰
the angular distance of a place east or west of the Greenwich meridian, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes is called longitude.Because of the earth's rotation, there is a close connection between longitude and time. Local time (for example from the position of the sun) varies with longitude, a difference of 15° longitude corresponding to a one hour difference in local time.
Heat zones are the different zones of the earth, where the sun's rays fall differently, thus causing different climate patterns. These zones are called the Torrid Zone, the two Temperate Zones, and the two Frigid Zones. The Torrid Zone is very hot since the sun shines overhead here.