Question

Explain the following terms
1. standard meridian
2. axis of the earth​

Answer 1

Answer:

standard meridian or Greenwich meridian 0degree of longitude is called standard meridian

Answer 2

Answer:

1. Standard Meridian is the longitude which is used to describe time of a country. It ideally should be the same for the whole country and all the places in a country should follow this same time. The standard meridian of India is 82.5 ° E and it passes through Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh.

2. An axis is an invisible line around which an object rotates, or spins. The points where an axis intersects with an object's surface are the object's North and South Poles. In this illustration, Earth's axis is represented by the red line. ... Each planet in our solar system rotates on its axis.