Globe - longitudes and latitudes

Question 1

calculation of minutes/ time with longitudes

Answer 1

360° = 24hrs
1hr = 15°
1° = 4mins

Question 2

latitudes

Answer 2

parallels
horizontal line
east to west

Question 3

° of north pole and pole

Answer 3

90°

Question 4

° of tropic of cancer and capricorn

Answer 4

23.5° n and s

Question 5

° of arctic and antarctic circle

Answer 5

66.5° n and s

Question 6

torid zone

Answer 6

between cancer and capricorn

Question 7

temparate zone

Answer 7

between arctic and cancer
between capricorn and antarctic
moderate climate

Question 8

frigid zones

Answer 8

cancer to north pole

capricorn to south pole

Question 9

longitudes

Answer 9

lines running north to south
run north to south
perpendicular lines

Question 10

another name for longitudes

Answer 10

meridians

Question 11

0° meridian

Answer 11

prime meridian/ greenwich meridian

Question 12

greenwich meridian

Answer 12

standard reference point

Question 13

GMT is now

Answer 13

UTC

coordinated universal time

Question 14

opposite to prime meridian

Answer 14

international date line

180°

Question 15

imp of international date line

Answer 15

day/ date changes

separates 2 consecutive calendar days

Question 16

only longitude that has bends

Answer 16

180° meridian
IDL
to include Samoa - to maintain same time throughout the country

Question 17

IST longitude

Answer 17

82.5°E

passes through UP, MP, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, AP

Question 18

left extreme longitude of india

Answer 18

68°E

Question 19

right extreme longitude of india

Answer 19

97°E

Question 20

left extreme point of India

Answer 20

Dwaraka

Question 21

right extreme point of india

Answer 21

Deburga

Question 22

IST

Answer 22

+5.30 from GMT

Question 23

prime/ greenwich meridian passes through

Answer 23

London

Question 24

time zones

Answer 24

15°

In reality 7.5°W to 7.5°E

Question 25

country having maximum no of time zones

Answer 25

russia 11 mainland

Question 26

no of time zones of France

Answer 26

12 | mainland + othes

Question 27

whats day light saving time

Answer 27

summer time - setting the clock ahead by 1 hr - to better utilise natural daylight taking maximum advantage mainly followed by countries in polar regions summer - longer days winter - shorter days

Question 28

daylight saving invented by

Answer 28

canadians | 1908

Question 29

daylight saving popularized by

Answer 29

germans | 1916

Question 30

countries following daylight saving

Answer 30

most part of US and canada, brazil, southern australia, europe 68% of countries dont follow

Question 31

daylight saving start and end

Answer 31

march/ april to september/ novemeber