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Grade - 5 Ch -8 Locating places on Earth
* Latitudes
*Characteristics of Latitudes

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What is a grid on Globe?
A network of lines that criss-cross each other in a pattern of squares or rectangles is called a GRID.
Lines of latitude and longitude crisscross to form a grid.
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What are lines of latitude called?
Latitude is the measurement of distance north or south of the Equator.
It is measured with 180 imaginary lines that form circles around the Earth east-west, parallel to the Equator.
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Latitudes: Characteristics
There are 180 parallels of latitudes apart from the Equator.
Each parallel of latitude is a circle.
Only the Equator is a Great Circle, all the rest of the latitudes are Small Circles.
The distance between two latitudes is always equal.
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7 Important lines of Laitudes
*The equator (0°)
*The Tropic of Cancer (23.5° north)
*The Tropic of Capricorn (23.5° south)*
The Arctic circle (66.5° north)*
The Antarctic circle (66.5° south)t*
The North Pole (90° north)*
The South Pole (90° south)
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Multiple Select
The Arctic circle is located in the ....................... hemisphere.
Northern hemisphere
Southern hemisphere
Western hemisphere
Eastern hemisphere
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Multiple Select
Latitudes are equal in length:
True
False
Can't say
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Multiple Select
The ........................ is the line of 0 degree latitude.
Axis
Equator
Pole
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Multiple Select
What is called a needle fixed through the globe in a tilted manner?
Latitude
Longitude
Axis
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How many latitudes are there on the Earth, including Equator?
180
181
90
190
Grade - 5 Ch -8 Locating places on Earth
* Latitudes
*Characteristics of Latitudes

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