📍 Chapter 08: Locating Places on Earth 📍
Theme-III: The Earth – Its Geographical Features | Class 5
A. Tick (✓) the correct option:
1. How many latitudes are there?
Ans: c) 181
2. Which is the longest latitude?
Ans: b) Equator
3. What is the measure of the North Pole?
Ans: a) 90° N
4. The Prime Meridian passes through
Ans: d) Greenwich
5. The International Date line is denoted as
Ans: c) 180°
B. Answer the following:
1. What are latitudes?
Ans: Latitudes are imaginary, horizontal and parallel lines that run from east to west on the globe. They help us to locate places.
2. What does the Equator do?
Ans: The Equator divides the Earth into two halves. The upper half is called the Northern Hemisphere and the lower half is called the Southern Hemisphere. It is the longest latitude and is at 0°.
3. What are longitudes?
Ans: Longitudes are imaginary, vertical and parallel lines that join the North Pole and South Pole. They are also called meridians. The 0° longitude is called the Prime Meridian.
4. How can you locate a place on the globe?
Ans: We can locate a place on the globe with the help of latitudes and longitudes. They criss-cross each other to form a Geographical Grid System. The point where a latitude and a longitude meet tells us the exact location of that place.
C. Fill in the blanks:
1. The measure of the South Pole is 90° S.
2. The measure of Equator is 0°.
3. The latitudes and longitudes criss-cross each other to form a Geographical Grid System.
D. Match the columns:
📝 Important Points to Remember
- Latitudes run East to West and are parallel.
- Longitudes run North to South and are equal in length.
- Equator is 0° latitude and the longest line.
- Prime Meridian is 0° longitude and passes through Greenwich.
- Latitudes and Longitudes form a Grid to find any place on Earth.
📖 Glossary
Spherical - round
Standard - accepted
Meridian - another name for longitude
Grid System - network formed by latitudes and longitudes
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