Myat Kyi Phyu Khin

Grade-7 (Room 1) Diamond

Unit-1 Geology
Chapter 2: Views on Earth
Section 2: Viewpoints
1. Lines running parallel to the equator are called lines
of latitude.
2. The vertical lines are called longitude.
3. To identify the exact location of a storm, latitude
and longitude lines are used.
For Latitude
4. Because they are parallel, lines of latitude do not
intersect or cross over one another.
5. Earth degree is further divided into segments called
minutes and seconds. There are 60 minutes in 1
hour and 60 seconds in 1 minute.
6. The equator is at 0 degree latitude.
7. The poles are each at 90 ° latitude.
8. Equator is used as a reference point of latitude.
For Longitude
 9. The vertical lines on the globe are lines of longitude.
10. Prime meridian is used as the reference point for
lines of longitude.
11. Prime meridian is that the line traced north to
south at 0° longitude.
12. According to the astrologers, the prime meridian
runs from the north pole through Greenwich, England,
to the south pole.
13. Each meridian measures one arc degree of
longitude.
For Prime Meridian
14. East line of longitude meet west line of longitude at
the 180˚ meridian.
15. Latitude comes first when a position or location is
given in latitude & longitude lines.
For Time Zone
16. What time it is depends on where you are on
Earth.
17. Time is measured by tracking Earth’s movement.
18. What time it is depends on where you are on
Earth, that is the time zone. Time zone
 19. Each time zone is 15 degrees wide in latitude.
20. Because Earth rotates.
21. Time zones do not follow neatly along lines of
longitude, there are many places where three or
more time zones meet.
22. Time zones are adjusted in local areas, moved
outside the city.
For Calendar Dates
23. In each time zone, one day ends and the next
day begins at midnight.
For International Date Line
24. You gain and lose time when you enter a new
time zone.
25. If you were traveling west across the International
Date Line, located near 180° meridian, you would
move your calendar forward one day. Traveling east,
you would move your calendar back one day.
26. If you travel far enough, you gain or lose a whole
day.
27. Lines of longitude roughly determine the locations
of time zone boundaries. They are adjusted locally
 to avoid splitting cities and other political
subdivisions.
28. If you were traveling west across the International
Date Line, located near 180° meridian, you would
move your calendar forward one day. Traveling east,
you would move your calendar back one day.