NCERT Solutions for Class 6 Social Science (Geography) Chapter 2 Globe: Latitudes and Longitudes

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Class : 6th
Subject : Geography
Chapter : 2
Chapter Name : Globe : Latitudes and Longitudes

Q1 Answer the following questions brie y.
(a) What is the true shape of the earth?
(b) What is a globe?
(c) What is the latitudinal value of the Tropic of Cancer?
(d) What are the three heat zones of the Earth?
(e) What are parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude?
(f) Why does the torrid zone receive maximum amount of heat?
(g) Why is it 5.30 p.m. in India and 12.00 noon in London?

Answer. (a) Earth is slightly attened at the North and South Poles, and bulges in the middle. The
shape of the Earth is described as a 'geoid', that is, 'an Earth-like shape'.
(b) Globe is a true model (miniature form) of the Earth.
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(c) The Tropic of Cancer lies 23 north of the Equator.
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(d) The three heat zones of the Earth are: the Torrid Zone, the Temperate Zone and the Frigid
Zone.
(e) All parallel circles from the Equator up to the Poles are called parallels of latitudes. The lines of
references running from the North Pole to the south pole are called meridians of longitudes.
(f) The area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn is known as the Torrid Zone.
The mid-day Sun is exactly overhead at least once a year on all the latitudes in this area; hence,
this area receives maximum amount of heat.
(g) In London, the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is followed. The Indian Standard Meridian is
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located 82 east of the Prime Meridian. Thus the Indian Standard Time (IST) is 5 hours and 30
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minutes ahead of GMT. So, when it is 12 noon in London, it is 5.30 P.M. in India.

Q2 Tick the correct answer.
(a) The value of the prime meridian is
(i) 90°
(ii) 0°
(iii) 60°

(b) The frigid zone lies near
(i) the Poles
(ii) the Equator
(iii) the Tropic of Cancer

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(c) The total number of longitudes are
(i) 360
(ii) 180
(iii) 90

(d) The Antarctic circle is located in
(i) the Northern hemisphere
(ii) the Southern hemisphere
(iii) the Eastern hemisphere

(e) Grid is a network of
(i) parallels of latitudes and meridians of longitudes
(ii) the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn
(iii) the North Pole and the South Pole

Answer. (a) (ii) 0°
(b) (i) the Poles
(c) (i) 360
(d) (ii) the Southern hemisphere
(e) (i) parallels of latitudes and meridians of longitudes

Q3 Fill in the blanks.
(a) The Tropic of Capricorn is located at _________________.
(b) The Standard Meridian of India is ____________________.
(c) The 0° Meridian is also known as ____________________.
(d) The distance between the longitudes decreases towards___________.
(e) The Arctic Circle is located in the ____________ hemisphere.

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Answer. (a) The Tropic of Capricorn is located at 23 .
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(b) The Standard Meridian of India is 82 E.
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(c) The 0° Meridian is also known as the Prime Meridian.
(d) The distance between the longitudes decreases towards the Poles.
(e) The Arctic Circle is located in the Northern Hemisphere.

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