D. Answer the following questions in not more than 80 words
1. Define latitude and longitude of a place. Explain with an example how they help to locate a place
2. Explain tropical and temperate zones. Draw a diagram showing all the heat zones.
3. What is standard time? How is it useful
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Answer:
1.Ans-Latitude is distance north or south of the Equator, and longitude is distance east or west of the prime meridian. ... Imaginary lines of latitude and longitude intersect each other, forming a grid that covers the Earth and helps us locate points on it.
2.Ans-Therefore, this zone gets the maximum heat from the Sun. This zone is known as the torrid or the tropical zone. Temperate Zone : This zone lie between the Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle in the Northern Hemisphere and between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle in the
3.Ans-Standard time is useful as if in large countries we follow different time for different regions , it will become very hard for us to maintain jobs and services which are done at national level and keeping record wouldn't be easy, So its more convenient to follow a standard time rather than having different time for ...