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A. Answer the following questions briefly
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1. Why do we need to locate places on Earth?
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2. What do you mean by the latitude of a place?
3. What is meant by Prime Meridian?
4. Explain why there is no higher latitude other than
90 degrees North and South
5. Explain why Lines of Longitudes are called Meridian
of Longitude
6. State two properties of the Lines of Latitude
7. State two properties of Lines of Longitude
8. The distance between two successive parallels of diago
latitudes is 111 km. Explain.
9. What are the limits of two Temperate Zones?
10. Why are the places in the Torrid Zone hotter than
those in other zones?
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11. Why are the places in the Frigid Zone colder than​

Answer 1

1. Location is very important this is because it enables us to know the precise place of an archaeological site, human settlement, town, village or city. An absolute location is a depiction of the exact site on an objective coordinate system i.e grid which mostly is the longitude and latitude on the map.
2. Latitude is the measurement of distance north or south of the Equator. It is measured with 180 imaginary lines that form circles around the Earth east-west, parallel to the Equator. These lines are known as parallels. A circle of latitude is an imaginary ring linking all points sharing a parallel.
3. The prime meridian is the line of 0° longitude, the starting point for measuring distance both east and west around the Earth. The prime meridian is arbitrary, meaning it could be chosen to be anywhere.
4. Because that is the maximum size of a right angle. After 90° the size of the angle begins to decrease as you start down the other side of the planet.
5. Longitudes are known as meridians because in Geographical sense, meridians are great circles which are not parallel to each other but intersect each other at the North and the South Poles. ... All longitudes are great circles which meet at the Poles.
6. 1. The length of the lines of latitudes decrease with distance from the equator. 2. All lines of latitude are circles parallel to the equator.
7. 1. The meridians are drawn vertically. 2. The meridians are used to determine local time and to mark time zones.
8. The Degrees of latitude are parallel, so the distance between each degree remains almost constant Each degree of latitude is approximately 69 miles (111 kilometres) apart.
9. The North Temperate Zone extends between the Arctic Circle at 66° 33′ N and the Tropic of Cancer at 23° 27′ N. The South Temperate Zone extends between the Tropic of Capricorn at 23° 27′ S and the Antarctic Circle at 66° 33′ S.
10. Torrid Zone is the hottest because it is very close to the equator. At this zone, the sun is very close to the earth and it receives the maximum heat from the sun.
11. Polar regions have extremely cold temperatures. The regions are far away from the equator. They get less direct sunlight than other areas.