(D) Answer the following:
(1) How will you express the latitude and
longitude of the North Pole?
(2) How much is the angular distance
between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic
of Capricorn?
(3) Using a globe, write down the names of
the countries through which the equator
passes.
(4) Write down the main uses of the graticule.
Answers
Answer:
1) if we are looking to express the latitude and longitude of the North pole than the possible thing we can do is express the latitude as in North with 90 degrees and any angle of longitude can be used or it can also be left blank. Whenever the latitude is used at 90 degrees it is same for every location in earth
2) Explanation: 46.8738 degrees. is the "angular distance between the tropic of cancer and tropic of Capricorn"
3) The equator passes through 13 countries: Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Sao Tome & Principe, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, Maldives, Indonesia and Kiribati.
4) Graticule is a network which can measure the geographical locations by using a scale. ... A common example of using graticule is measuring the longitude and latitude on a map. It can describe as a grid and there are several measuring units available for scaling graticule.