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The meridians of longitude are running from the North Pole to the South Pole.

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Important Questions on Globe: Latitudes and Longitudes

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The parallels of longitudes are located in between the two poles and are parallel to the equator.  
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The parallels of latitude run in the north-south direction, the meridians of longitude run in the east-west direction.
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The equator is a vertical imaginary line drawn in the middle of the earth.
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What is difference between parallel of latitude and Meridian of longitude?
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The parallels of latitude are not equal in size, unlike meridians.
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The parallels of latitude are drawn in between the two _____ and are parallel to the equator.
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Why are lines of longitude called meridians of longitudes and lines of latitudes called parallels of latitude?
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Give four points of difference between parallel of latitudes and meridian of longitudes.
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With the help of an atlas find the longitude and latitudes and longitudes of the following cities.

New Delhi, Washington D.C, Paris, Melbourne, Cairo, Brasília, Tokyo, San Francisco, Cape Town, Moscow.

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Which city is closer to the equator?
Which city is closest to the Tropic of Cancer?
Which city is closest to the Prime Meridian?
Name the cities that lie in the Northern and Southern hemispheres respectively.
Name the cities that lie in the Eastern and Western hemispheres respectively.

 

 

 

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Mark the following statements as true or false; explain your answers with a sentence or two:

The length of a meridian of longitude is half of that of the Equator.