Class6 Social Studies Chapter1 QA
Chapter 1 – Locating Places on the Earth Chapter 1: Locating Places on the Earth 🔊 Read Content of the Post ⏹ Stop 1 Mark Questions (10) 1. What is the Earth’s shape called? Ans: Geoid. 2. What is a globe? Ans: A spherical model of the Earth. 3. What is an axis? Ans: An imaginary line passing through the North and South Poles. 4. How many latitudes are there? Ans: 180 latitudes. 5. What is the Equator? Ans: An imaginary line dividing the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres. 6. Name the longest latitude. Ans: The Equator. 7. What is the Prime Meridian? Ans: 0° longitude. 8. How many longitudes are there? Ans: 360 longitudes. 9. What is a hemisphere? Ans: Half of the Earth. 10. What helps locate places on Earth? Ans: Latitudes and longitudes. 2 Mark Questions (10) 1. Define latitude. Ans: Imaginary parallel lines running east to west that measure distance north or south of the Equator. 2. What are longitudes? Ans:...