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GEOGRAPHY STD. V – CLASSWORK (311020)

Fill in the blanks:-

1) The end points of the globe are called _______________. P

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2) Parallels are also called as __________.
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3) The ____________ passes through Greenwich. e

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4) Parallels neither ______________ nor ___________ one another. 1

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 ___________.

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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
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are points. a
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18) Tropic of Cancer is measured as _________________. e
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19) All parallels are located at an ____________from each other.
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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. (________________)
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11)Imaginary line passing through two extreme points on a sphere.
(_________)

ANSWER BRIEFLY:
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1) Name the country that is called the land of the rising sun? a
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2) Name the place which was fixed as the starting point for e
numbering the meridians and in which year? |
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3) Name the five important parallels.

4) Discuss the effect of revolution

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