1.
When does a person has to adjust the date in his watch?
A
When he crosses prime meridian.
B
when he crosses great circle
C
When he crosses Greenwich meridian
D
Tropic of Capricorn
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When does a person has to adjust the date in his watch?
When he crosses prime meridian.
when he crosses great circle
When he crosses Greenwich meridian
Tropic of Capricorn
The frigid zone lies near
the Poles
the Equator
the Tropic of Cancer
The Antarctic circle is located in
the Northern hemisphere
the Southern hemisphere
the Eastern hemisphere
To locate exact places on the earth, one must look at
the intersecting lines of latitude and longitude
the lines of latitude only
the lines of longitude only
a neighboring area to describe the location
Longitudes and Latitudes together helps us in
The climate of a place
The time diffrance between two place
Season of the placed
locating any place on earth
When measuring the lines of longitude, always begin with the _______ which represents 0 degrees
South Pole
Equator
Prime Meridian
Latitude
The equator does not pass through which of the following continents
South America
Europe
Asia
Africa
When measuring the lines of latitude, always begin with the ______ which represents 0 degrees
Prime Meridian
Equator
Longitude
North Pole
Grid is a network of
parallels of latitudes and meridians of longitudes
the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn
the North Pole and the South Pole
Lines of latitude and longitude are measured in
only north and south
degrees of a circle
only east and west
degrees of a compass
Latitude lines on a globe run from
north to south
east to west
north to east
south to west
_______ lines on a globe run from east to west
North pole
South pole
Latitude
Longitude
On a globe, the Prime Meridian is the
Horizontal, center line
Vertical, center line
180 degree line
15 degree line
On a globe, the Equator is the
Horizontal, center line
Vertical, center line
30 degree line
180 degree line
The length of the latitudes are
All the latitudes have same length
longest at the poles
becomes longer towards the poles.
longest at the equator
Through which continent does the Tropic of Cancer,Tropic of Capricorn and the Equator pass?
Africa
Europe
Asia
South America
Coordinates are
a degree only
a cardinal direction only
two degrees only
two sets of degrees and cardinal directions
The value of the prime meridian is
90 degree longitude
0 degree longitude
60 degree longitude
The Longitudes divides earth into how many time zones?
3 time zones
15 time zones
24 time zones
360 time zones
Coordinates can be written like this
20 degrees S, 140 degrees W
40 degrees N, 120 degrees W
20 degrees S, 160 degrees E
All of the above