Longitude Latitude

Question 1

What are imaginary horizontal lines from East to West called?

Answer 1

They are called lines of latitude.

Question 2

What is the angular distance of a place from the equator?

Answer 2

It is measured in degrees of latitude.

Question 3

What is the approximate distance of one degree of latitude?

Answer 3

One degree of latitude is approximately 111 km.

Question 4

What is the latitude of the Tropic of Cancer?

Answer 4

The latitude of the Tropic of Cancer is 23.5°N.

Question 5

What is the latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn?

Answer 5

The latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn is 23.5°S.

Question 6

What is the latitude of the Arctic Circle?

Answer 6

The latitude of the Arctic Circle is 66.5°N.

Question 7

What is the latitude of the Antarctic Circle?

Answer 7

The latitude of the Antarctic Circle is 66.5°S.

Question 8

What is the largest zone on Earth?

Answer 8

The largest zone is the Equatorial zone.

Question 9

What are the three main zones of latitude?

Answer 9

The three main zones are the Torrid zone, Temperate zone, and Frigid zone.

Question 10

What is the total number of latitudes?

Answer 10

The total number of latitudes is 181.

Question 11

What is the Prime Meridian?

Answer 11

The Prime Meridian is at 0 degrees longitude and passes through Greenwich, London.

Question 12

What is the International Date Line?

Answer 12

The International Date Line is at 180 degrees longitude.

Question 13

What is the total number of longitudes?

Answer 13

The total number of longitudes is 360.

Question 14

What happens during a Total Solar Eclipse?

Answer 14

The Moon blocks the Sun’s light completely.

Question 15

What is the difference between Umbra and Penumbra?

Answer 15

Umbra is the full shadow, while Penumbra is the partial shadow.

Question 16

What is a Super Moon?

Answer 16

A Super Moon occurs during a Lunar Eclipse when the Moon is at perigee.

Question 17

What is the axial tilt of the Earth?

Answer 17

The axial tilt of the Earth is 23.5 degrees.

Question 18

What is the duration of one revolution of the Earth around the Sun?

Answer 18

One revolution takes approximately 365 days, 6 hours, 9 minutes, and 9 seconds.

Question 19

What is the equatorial radius of the Earth?

Answer 19

The equatorial radius is 6378 km.

Question 20

What is the polar radius of the Earth?

Answer 20

The polar radius is 6357 km.

Question 21

What is the mean radius of the Earth?

Answer 21

The mean radius is 6371 km.

Question 22

What is the rotational speed of the Earth at the equator?

Answer 22

The rotational speed is maximum at the equator.

Question 23

What is the speed of the Earth in its orbit around the Sun?

Answer 23

The orbital speed is approximately 29.8 km/sec.

Question 24

What is the date of the Winter Solstice?

Answer 24

The Winter Solstice occurs around December 21st.

Question 25

What is the date of the Summer Solstice?

Answer 25

The Summer Solstice occurs around June 21st.

Question 26

What is the date of the Vernal Equinox?

Answer 26

The Vernal Equinox occurs around March 21st.

Question 27

What is the date of the Autumnal Equinox?

Answer 27

The Autumnal Equinox occurs around September 23rd.

Question 28

What is the definition of Aphelion?

Answer 28

Aphelion is the point in the orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun.

Question 29

What is the definition of Perihelion?

Answer 29

Perihelion is the point in the orbit of a planet where it is closest to the Sun.

Question 30

What is the definition of Perigee?

Answer 30

Perigee is the point in the orbit of the Moon where it is closest to the Earth.

Question 31

What is the definition of Apogee?

Answer 31

Apogee is the point in the orbit of the Moon where it is farthest from the Earth.