Question

c) Give reasons:
(i) The IDL deviates eastwards of 180° around the Fiji islands
(ii) Japan is known as the land of the rising sun.
(iii) Seasons are reversed in both hemispheres.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1.the meridian 180° both east and west of the Prime Meridian, with which it forms a great circle dividing the earth into the Western and Eastern Hemispheres. It is common to both east longitude and west longitude. It mostly passes through the open waters of the Pacific Ocean, but passes across land in Russia, Fiji and Antarctica. This meridian is used as the basis for the International Date Line, but the latter deviates from it to maintain date consistency within the territories of Russia, the United States, Kiribati, Fiji and New Zealand.

2.From the Chinese perspective, Japan is where the sun is seen to rise from- thus the name. Thus, the Japanese have adopted the Chinese perspective in naming themselves.

Japan had been called several things before settling on the term Nippon or Nihon (日本), or ‘sun origin.’ It was referred to as ‘Wa’ which meant ‘dwarf’, later changed to a different character with the same reading meaning ‘harmony

3.The Northern Hemisphere experiences more direct sunlight during May, June, and July, as the hemisphere faces the Sun. The same is true of the Southern Hemisphere in November, December, and January. It is Earth's axial tilt that causes the Sun to be higher in the sky during the summer months, which increases the solar flux. However, due to seasonal lag, June, July, and August are the warmest months in the Northern Hemisphere while December, January, and February are the warmest months in the Southern Hemisphere.