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What is the name of the two points on the globe through which the needle passes?
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Equator and Prime Meridian
North Pole and South Pole
Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn
Arctic Circle and Antarctic Circle
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Which of the following is true about globes?
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Globes are always fixed and can't be rotated
Globes may be of varying size and type
Globes are always big and can't be carried easily
Globes are always small and handy
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What is the name of the two points on the globe through which the needle passes?
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Which of the following is true about globes?
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What can be used to locate a place on a globe?
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What is the axis of a globe?
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What is shown in their correct size on the globe?
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How does the globe move around its axis?
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What is the difference between the axis of a globe and the axis of the earth?
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What is the name of the line that runs through the equator?
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What is the purpose of certain points of reference and lines on a globe?
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What are the options for the size and type of globes?
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What is the equator?
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What are parallels of latitudes?
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What is the latitude of the North Pole?
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Why is the equator an important reference point?
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What is the Southern Hemisphere?
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What is the zero degree latitude?
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What is the measure of latitude?
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What is the latitude of the South Pole?
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What are latitudes?
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What is the Northern Hemisphere?
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What marks the North Pole?
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What marks the South Pole?
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What is the latitude of Chandrapur in Maharashtra, India?
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What indicates whether a latitude is north or south?
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What is the latitude of the North Pole?
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What are the parallels of latitude north of the equator called?
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What does the letter 'N' generally indicate?
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What is the latitude of a location situated 15° south of the equator?
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What represents the zero degree latitude in the Earth?
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What is the total distance from the equator to either of the poles?
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What is the size of the parallels of latitude as we move away from the equator?
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What latitude marks the North Pole?
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What are the parallels of latitude south of the equator called?
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What generally indicates the direction south?
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What is the latitude of the Tropic of Capricorn?
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What is the latitude of the Arctic Circle?
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Which of the following is a parallel of latitude?
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Which of the following is not a parallel of latitude?
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What is the latitude of the North Pole?
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What is the latitude of the South Pole?
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Which parallel of latitude is not located in the Southern Hemisphere?
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Which parallel of latitude is located furthest from the equator?
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What is the area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn called?
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What is the area bounded by the Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle in the Northern Hemisphere called?
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At which latitudes is the mid-day sun exactly overhead at least once a year?
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What is the maximum number of times in a year that the mid-day sun is exactly overhead on all latitudes between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn?
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What is the angle of the sun's rays as it moves towards the poles?
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What is the name of the latitude beyond which the mid-day sun never shines overhead?
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Which area receives the maximum heat?
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Which latitude has the greatest angle of the sun's rays?
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Which areas are considered Frigid Zones?
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What causes the Frigid Zones to be cold?
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What is the main reason that the Frigid Zones are cold?
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What is necessary to know to fix the position of a place?
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Which horizontal lines of reference are used to locate places on a map?
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What is the unit used to measure distances between meridians of longitude?
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Which of the following statements is true about the distance between meridians of longitude?
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What is the line of reference used to measure distance east or west of a place called?
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What is used to measure the distance between meridians of longitude?
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What are meridians of longitude?
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What is measured in degrees, minutes, and seconds?
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Which lines are called the meridians of longitude?
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What is the Prime Meridian?
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What is the International Date Line?
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What is latitude?
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What is longitude?
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What is the latitude of the equator?
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What is the latitude of the North Pole?
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What is the longitude of the International Date Line?
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What is the longitude of the 180° meridian?
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What is the name given to the 0° longitude?
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Which hemisphere is located to the east of the Prime Meridian?
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What is the best means of measuring time?
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How can local time be reckoned?
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At what meridian is it noon when the Prime Meridian of Greenwich has the sun at the highest point in the sky?
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What is the relationship between a watch adjusted to read 12 o’clock when the sun is at the highest point and local time?
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How much does the earth rotate in about 24 hours?
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How much does the earth rotate per hour?
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When is the shadow cast by the sun the shortest?
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How much time difference is there between a place that is 15° east of Greenwich and Greenwich itself?
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Which longitude is treated as the standard meridian in India?
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Which of the following is true about local times of places on different meridians?
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What is the Indian Standard Time?
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Why is it necessary to adopt a central meridian of a country as the standard time?
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In India, what is the difference in local time between Dwarka in Gujarat and Dibrugarh in Assam?
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What is the name of the standard time used in India?
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Which of the following is a reason why countries adopt a standard time?
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Which city is in Assam, where there will be a difference in local time from Dwarka in Gujarat?
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What is the difference in local time between two places on the same meridian?
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What is the time difference between India and England?
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What is the capital city of France?
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How many time zones does the earth have?
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Which country has adopted more than one standard time due to its long longitudinal extent?
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How many degrees of longitude does each time zone cover?
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How many standard times does Russia have adopted due to its long longitudinal extent?
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What is the time difference between London and India when it's 2:00 p.m. noon in London?
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How much ahead of GMT is India located east of Greenwich?
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What is the time difference between India and GMT?
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What is the name of the two points on the globe through which the needle passes?
