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CBSE Class 5 Social Science The Globe The Model of The Earth Worksheet (1)
CBSE Class 5 Social Science The Globe The Model of The Earth Worksheet (1)
Social Science
Science Class 5 Assignments
The Globe The Model of The Earth Social Science Worksheet for
Class 5
THE GLOBE -THE MODEL OF THE EARTH
Ans. Because Globe shows accurate sizes and shapes of all the physical features of the
earth, such as oceans and continents.
Ans. The upper screw is called North Pole and lower one is called South Pole.
Q.3. What is the name given to the Semi-circles that connect both the poles?
Ans. Longitudes.
Q.4. What is Hemisphere, name the line that cuts the Globe or Earth into the
Hemispheres?
Ans. Equator is the imaginary line that divides the Earth in two equal halves. Each half is
known as hemisphere.
Ans. Counting of meridians begin from Prime Meridian. Its value is 00 Longitude. It
passes through Greenwich in England.
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Q.6. Why Longitudes are called Meridians of Longitude. In how many Meridians we
divide the Earth or Globe?
Ans. Meridians are great circles which are not parallel. Longitudes are also not parallel.
That’s why Longitudes are called Meridians of Longitude.
Q.8. What is the difference between Parallel of Longitude and Meridian of Latitude?
Ans.
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Q.9. What is the importance of Longitude?
Ans. 1. With the help of Longitudes, we are able to know the East- West distance of a
place.
Q.10. Which lines help us to divide earth into Heat zones? Give reasons why there
are Heat Zones?
Earth is spherical in shape. The central part of the earth receives maximum heat of the
Sun and as we go towards the poles, the heat reduces. That’s why there are heat zones.
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4. The distance between any two parallels is always equal.
7. The time difference between Greenwich Mean Time and Indian Standard Time is 5
hours and 30 minutes.
3. The Torrid Zone lies between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn. True
More questions-
1. Imaginary lines that are at equal distance from each other __________
4. The latitudes and longitudes intersect each other at right angles and form a series of
squares _______
7. The important tools used by Geographers to represent the Earth on asmaller scale-
__________, __________
2. The two endpoints of the axis of rotation are called the _______.
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3. The _____________ is an imaginary line that circles the Earth midway between the
poles.
4. The Equator divides the Earth into two equal halves called the ________________
9. The _______________ decreases in length as you move from the equator to the poles.
10.The ___________________ run from the North Pole to the South Pole.
12.The 1800 East and 1800 West longitudes meet and form a single line called the
_________________________________
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2 What do you know about the 00 Meridian?
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