Class 5 chapter 2 worksheet

 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) Parallels neither ______________ nor ___________ one another.

5) Parallels are drawn at an interval of __________________.

6) There are _____________ meridians on the globe.

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

8) To locate a place on the globe we must know its ________ & ______.

9) Meridians are also known as ______________.

10) The portion of the earth lying above the equator is called __________

 11) The imaginary line running from east to west around the earth is called ________.

12) The network of parallels & meridians on the globe is called _____________.

13) The maximum distance between two meridians is at the _____________.

14) As we move away from the equator towards the poles the length of the parallels keeps ___________.

15) _____________ is the starting line for all the longitudes

16) There are ____________ parallels including the equator.

17) All parallels are __________ except North Pole & South Pole which

are points.

18) Tropic of Cancer is measured as _________________.

19) All parallels are located at an ____________from each other.

20) __________ is measured as 66 ½ 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 ½ 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 ½ 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. (_________)

ANSWER BRIEFLY:

1)    Name the country that is called the land of the rising sun?

2)    Name the place which was fixed as the starting point for numbering the meridians and in which year?

3)    Name the five important parallels.

4)    Discuss the effect of revolution.