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The document is a geography worksheet for Class 9 students at The Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet, covering key concepts related to the geographic grid, including definitions and characteristics of latitude and longitude, heat zones, standard time, and the significance of great circles. It explains the importance of the equator and prime meridian, the concept of time zones, and the international date line. Additionally, it outlines the features of latitudes and longitudes, emphasizing their roles in navigation and geography.

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Class 9 Ws Geographic Grid

The document is a geography worksheet for Class 9 students at The Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet, covering key concepts related to the geographic grid, including definitions and characteristics of latitude and longitude, heat zones, standard time, and the significance of great circles. It explains the importance of the equator and prime meridian, the concept of time zones, and the international date line. Additionally, it outlines the features of latitudes and longitudes, emphasizing their roles in navigation and geography.

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The Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet

GEOGRAPHY worksheet
​ ​ ​ Class 9

Geographic Grid

1.Define geographic grid.


Ans. The geographic grid refers to the network by latitude and longitude
used to locate places on the earth’s surface.

2. Name the reference points for latitude and longitude respectively.


Ans: Latitude -- Equator
Longitude -- Prime Meridian

3. Name a few countries through which the equator passes.


Ans.Brazil, Ecuador,Colombia,Kenya,Uganda.

4. Name a few countries through which prime meridian passes.


Ans. UK,France,Spain,Algeria.

5.What is the distance between one degree latitude.


Ans. 111km or 69 miles. (circumference of the earth 40,000/360= 111𝑘𝑚)

6. Name the important parallels of latitude.


Ans. Equator ( 0⁰) ,Tropic of Cancer (23½⁰N ), Tropic of Capricorn
(23½⁰S),Arctic Circle(66½⁰N) ) , Antarctic Circle ( 66½⁰S )

7. Latitudes are known as parallels of latitudes. Why?


Ans. Because they run parallel to the equator & each other.
8.Name the heat zones of the earth.
Ans:
●​ Torrid zone extends from 23 ½ N to 23 ½ * S latitudes.
●​ Temperate zone- North temperate zone from 23 ½ * N to 66 ½ * S
South temperate zone 23 ½ * S to 66 ½ * S
●​ Frigid zone - 66 ½ * to 90* N/S of the equator- North frigid zone &
South Frigid zone.

9. Longitudes are known as meridians. why?


Ans: All places along the same meridian of longitude experience midday or
noon at the same time.

10.The distance between two consecutive longitudes decreases


gradually-- Why?
Ans. Because the longitudes converge at the poles.

11. Only one half of the earth is illuminated by the sun at a given time
and the other half experiences night. -- Give reason.
Ans. Due to the spherical shape of the earth.

12. Define the following:


Standard time: The uniform time based on a central meridian is known
as standard time. Standard time must always be divisible by 7 ½ *.
Ex. The meridian passing through Prayagraj (Allahabad) ( 82 ⁰ 30’ E) is
the central meridian of India. The local time of Allahabad is considered as
the standard time of India.

Prime Meridian 0* longitude is the reference line for longitudes.


The time fixed with reference to Greenwich meridian is called the
Greenwich Mean Time or GMT.
13.Local time:Local time of a place is determined by the position of the
overhead sun.All places on a given longitude have the same local time. On
every longitudinal variation it causes 4 minutes of time difference.

14.Time zone: A range of longitudes where a common time is used.


Large countries which have vast longitudinal extent do not have a single
Standard time for the whole country.They follow more than one standard
time. Each time zone covers about 15 degrees of longitude.
Ex. Canada -6, USA -5 and Russia- 11 time zones.

15.GMT -- Greenwich Mean Time. The Prime Meridian( 0*) passes through
Greenwich, near London.The standard time of Greenwich in London is
considered as Greenwich Mean Time.

16.International Date line-- IDL is an imaginary line that runs from the
North Pole to the South Pole on the earth’s surface and roughly
corresponds to the 180 meridian .The day and date change when a
traveller crosses this line going east or west.

17. Great circle -- A great circle is defined as any circle on the earth whose
centre coincides with the centre of the earth.A great circle divides the
Earth into two equal halves.
All longitudes are great circles as they pass through the center of the
earth.
Equator is the only latitude which is a great circle as it divides into the
earth equal parts the northern & southern hemispheres.

Features of Great Circle:


➢​A great circle is the largest circle that can be drawn on any sphere.
➢​All great circles have the same circumference.
➢​The arc of a great circle is the shortest distance between two places.
18. Small circles -- All latitudes except the Equator are small circles as
their lengths decrease as they move towards the poles and they do not
pass through the center of the earth.
➢​The centre of a small circle does not coincide with the centre of the
earth.
➢​All small circles do not have the same circumference.It decreases
towards the pole.
➢​The small circles are always the longest distance between two poles.

19. Importance of the Great Circle -- Great circles are used in long
distance travel and are used mainly by ships and aircrafts as they are the
shortest routes.
20. Give Reasons:
➢​ The international date line does not follow the 180 longitude
exactly. It deviates from it in a number of places- To avoid the
landmasses.If it crosses landmass , the same land will have different
date and time, hence creating confusion.
➢​ Places situated relatively to the east have time ahead of the
places situated relatively to the west--Sun rises in the east and
sets in the west.
➢​Although the latitudinal and longitudinal extent of India in
degrees is almost equal ,the north south stretch of the country
is more than its east west stretch in kilometers.- Inter latitudinal
distance remains same but inter longitudinal distance in terms of
distance varies and gradually decreases .

Answer in detail

24. Mention important features of latitudes.


●​ Latitudes are the angular distance of a place north or south of the
equator.
●​ There are 181 latitudes including the equator.
●​ All the latitudes are circles except the poles which are dots.
●​ The length of latitudes keeps decreasing as they move away from the
equator.
●​ The distance between two consecutive latitudes is 111km.
●​ Latitudes are parallel to the equator & to each other.

25. Mention important features of longitude.

●​ Longitudes are the angular distance of a place east or west of Prime


Meridian.
●​ There are 360 longitudes.
●​ All longitudes are semi circles.
●​ They are of equal length.
●​ The distance between two longitudes is maximum at the
equator(111km), but decreases on moving towards poles because
they converge at poles.

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