

Social Studies - Grade 5 Longitudes
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Sonal Shah
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Part- 2 Locating places on Earth
- Longitudes
- Characteristics of Longitudes

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Meaning -
Longitudes are imaginary lines that are drawn from one pole to the other. i.e. It starts from the North Pole and ends at the South Pole. These are also known as MERIDIANS, which means midday in Latin.
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Prime Meridian / Greenwich Meridian
The latitudes are also numbered and the central longitude that divides the Earth into the Eastern and the Western Hemisphere is known as the Prime Meridian.
It is the 0 degree meridian.
It is also known as the Greenwich Meridian as it runs through Greenwich, London.
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Characteristics:-
All the meridians meet at the poles.
No two meridians are parallel to each other.
There are 360 meridians in all. 179 meridians from East and 179 from West. The Meridian of 180 degree is the same line.
All meridians are of the same length and each one is a semi-circle.
If any two opposite meridians are taken together, they form a complete circle, which is a great circle.
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Hemispheres:-
The Prime Meridian divides the earth into two halves -
THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
A country many have many pongitudes passing through it.
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Multiple Select
The Prime Meridian is numbered as -
180 degree
179 degree
360 degree
0 degree
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Multiple Select
The meridian opposite to the prime meridian is numbered as 180 degree.
True
False
Never
sometime
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Multiple Select
Longitudes are semi-circles drawn from pole to pole.
False
True
Never
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Multiple Select
Longitudes are also called -
meridians
grids
parallels
Equator
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Multiple Select
There are _______________ meridians in all.
181
360
179
180
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Multiple Select
A country may have ____________ longitude (s) passing through it.
one
many
at least 2
at least 5
Part- 2 Locating places on Earth
- Longitudes
- Characteristics of Longitudes

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