Question

F Fill in the blankes.
1. The...... is the longest parallel of latitude.
2. The line of Oºlongitude is called the ......
3. The ...... lies 23° south of the equator.
4. The equator is to parallels what the ...... is to meridians.
5. The ...... time of a place depends on the apparent movement of the sun.
6. Countries with large east-west extent often adopt more than one

G. State whether the following statements are true or false.
1. The latitude of the equator is 0°.
2. The equator cuts each meridian into two equal halves.
3. All places on the same parallel have the same latitude.
4. The USA is in the Eastern Hemisphere.
5. All places on the same meridian have the same local time.
6. The IST is 5 hours behind the GMT.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1: equator

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3:The 23rd parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 23 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane, about 50 km north of the Tropic of Capricorn. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Africa, the Indian Ocean, Australasia, the Pacific Ocean and South America.

4:The Equator is an imaginary circle equidistant from the poles of the Earth. Circles parallel to the Equator (lines running east and west) are parallels of latitude. ... Meridians of longitude are drawn from the North Pole to the South Pole and are at right angles to the Equator.