EXERCISES
swer the following questions briefly.
What is the true shape of the earth?
What is a globe?
What is the latitudinal value of the Tropic of Cancer?
What are the three heat zones of the Earth?
What are parallels of latitude and meridians of longitud
Vhy does the torrid zone receive maximum amount of h
Vhy is it 5.30 p.m. In India and 12.00 noon in London?
he correct answers.
Answers
Answer: 1 - Since the Earth is flattened at the poles and bulges at the Equator, geodesy represents the figure of the Earth as an oblate spheroid. The oblate spheroid, or oblate ellipsoid, is an ellipsoid of revolution obtained by rotating an ellipse about its shorter axis.
answer: 2- A globe is a spherical model of Earth, of some other celestial body, or of the celestial sphere. Globes serve purposes similar to some maps, but unlike maps, do not distort the surface that they portray except to scale it down. A model globe of Earth is called a terrestrial globe.
answer:3- The latitudinal value of tropic of cancer is 23.5° N on June 21, when the sun is directly up above the head at noon. The Equator is the circle at which sun is straight above the head.
answer: 4- The Earth is divided into three Heat Zones. The Frigid Zone, The Temperate Zone and The Torrid Zone. These are as follows.
answer:5- Circles parallel to the Equator (lines running east and west) are parallels of latitude. They are used to measure degrees of latitude north or south of the Equator. ... Meridians of longitude are drawn from the North Pole to the South Pole and are at right angles to the Equator.
answer:6- The area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn is known as the Torrid Zone. The mid-day Sun is exactly overhead at least once a year on all the latitudes in this area; therefore, this area receives maximum amount of heat
answer:6- It is 5:30 P.M in India while there is 12 noon in London because the time gap between the Greenwich Standard Meridian and the Indian Standard Meridian is 5 and half hours. Answer: The “Greenwich Mean Time” (GMT) is being followed in London.
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hey dear your answer is i) the true shape of earth is sperical. ii) a globe is a small model of Earth.iii) the latitudinal value of the tropic of Cancer is 23•5°N. iv) the three heat zone of the earth are the frigid zone, the temperate zone and the torrid zone. v)lines east and west are parallel of latitude and meridian of longitude are drawn from north pole to the south pole and are at right angles to the equator. vi) the mid-day sun is exactly overhead at least once a year all the latitude in this area therefore, torrid zone receive maximum amount of heat. vii) because the time gap between the Greenwich standard and the Indian standard meridian is 5and half hours. the Greenwich mean time is being follow in London.