Important Parallels of Latitudes
Important Questions on Important Parallels of Latitudes
With the help of an atlas find the longitude and latitudes and longitudes of the following cities.
New Delhi, Washington D.C, Paris, Melbourne, Cairo, Brasília, Tokyo, San Francisco, Cape Town, Moscow.
Which city is closer to the equator?
Which city is closest to the Tropic of Cancer?
Which city is closest to the Prime Meridian?
Name the cities that lie in the Northern and Southern hemispheres respectively.
Name the cities that lie in the Eastern and Western hemispheres respectively.
Give four points of difference between parallel of latitudes and meridian of longitudes.
What is the difference between longitudes and latitudes?
On the Outline Map of the World mark the following:
| 1. Tropic of Capricorn | 6. The Equator |
| 2. Southern Ocean | 7. The Atlantic Ocean |
| 3. Strait of Gibraltar | 8. The Indian Ocean |
| 4. Mediterranean Sea | |
| 5. Asia |
Study the map of India given below and answer the following question based on the map.
In which of the hemispheres India is located?
Study the map and name the important parallel which passes through the middle of our country. Name the states through which this latitude passes.
Why Tropic of cancer and Tropic of Capricon are not joined?
The equator is an imaginary circular line and is a very important reference point to locate places on the earth. All parallel circles from the equator up to the poles are called parallels of latitudes. Explain the important parallels of latitudes with the help of a labelled diagram.
Two points on the globe through which the needle passes are two poles – North Pole and South Pole. The globe can be moved around this needle from west to east just as the earth moves. But, remember there is a major difference. The real earth has no such needle. It moves around its axis, which is an imaginary line. Another imaginary line running on the globe divides it into two equal parts. This line is known as the _____.
