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Parallels - Meridians

The document provides information about parallels and meridians on a globe. It includes terms like parallels, meridians, equator, tropics, poles. It asks the reader to fill in blanks and name different lines and locations on a globe. Key details are that parallels are lines running east to west parallel to the equator, meridians run north to south intersecting at the poles, and the prime meridian passes through Greenwich, England.

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Parallels - Meridians

The document provides information about parallels and meridians on a globe. It includes terms like parallels, meridians, equator, tropics, poles. It asks the reader to fill in blanks and name different lines and locations on a globe. Key details are that parallels are lines running east to west parallel to the equator, meridians run north to south intersecting at the poles, and the prime meridian passes through Greenwich, England.

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Parallels & Meridians
Fill in the blanks:-
1) The end points of the globe are called _______________.

2) Parallels are also called as ________________________.

3) The ______________________ passes through Greenwich.

4) Equator is the _________________ parallel.

5) Parallels neither ______________ nor __________________ one another.

6) The city ________________________ in Madhya Pradesh was taken as the Prime

meridian by the early geographers and astrologers.

7) Parallels are drawn at an interval of __________________.

8) There are _____________ meridians on the globe.

9) There are ________ parallels in the northern hemisphere and _________ in the southern.

10) The word Meridian comes from the Latin word _______________________ which

means _______________________.

11) To locate a place on the globe we must know its ________________ & ______________.

12) Meridians are also known as ______________________.

13) The portion of the earth lying above the equator is called ________________________

______________________________.

14) The imaginary line running from east to west around the earth is called _____________.

15) The network of parallels & meridians on the globe is called _______________.

16) The maximum distance between two meridians is at the _________________________.

17) As we move away from the equator towards the poles the length of the parallels

keeps ____________________________.

18) _______________________________ is the starting line for all the longitudes.

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19) There are ____________ parallels including the equator.

20) All parallels are __________________________ except North Pole & South Pole which

are points.

21) Tropic of Cancer is measured as _________________.

22) All parallels are located at an _________________________________ from each other.

23) __________________________________ is measured as 66 S.

Name the following:-


1) Network of latitudes & longitudes on the globe. (_______________________)

2) The portion of the earth lying below the equator. (______________________________)

3) The imaginary lines running from north to south are called. (______________________)

4) 23 S latitude is called. (___________________________________)

5) Meridian which passes through Greenwich near London is called. (_________________)

6) The Prime Meridian is marked as. (____________)

7) Equator is marked as O Latitude, Prime Meridian is. (______________)

8) 66 N Latitude is known as. (_______________________________)

9) The longest parallel is. (___________________________)

10) The year in which it was decided to fix Greenwich near London as the starting point

for numbering meridians. (________________)

11)Imaginary line passing through two extreme points on a sphere. (__________________)

Define:-

i) Axis:- __________________________________________________________________.

ii) Scale:- ________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________.

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