Question

define the term:- (i) Small circle (ii) Equator (iii) Tropic of capricon

Answer 1

Answer:

i) small circle- a circle on the surface of a sphere whose plane does not pass through the sphere's centre.

ii) Equator-The Equator is an imaginary line around the middle of the Earth. It is halfway between the North and South Poles, and divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

iii) Tropic of Capricon-The Tropic of Capricorn is the circle of latitude that contains the subsolar point at the December solstice. It is thus the southernmost latitude where the Sun can be seen directly overhead. It also reaches 90 degrees below the horizon at solar midnight on the June Solstice.

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Answer 2

(i) Small circle

a circle formed on the surface of a sphere by the intersection of a plane that does not pass through the center of the sphere

a circle formed on the surface of a sphere by the intersection of a plane that does not pass through the center of the spherespecifically : such a circle on the surface of the earth.

(ii) Equator

The Equator is an imaginary line around the middle of the Earth. It is halfway between the North and South Poles, and divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

(iii) tropic of Capricorn

The Tropic of Capricorn is the area from the equator, which circles the Earth, to the invisible line 23° south of the equator - the tropic of Capricorn latitude.