INDIAN SCHOOL MUSCAT
MIDDLE SECTION
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
The Globe – Latitudes and Longitudes
NAME: ________________ CLASS VI SEC: ____ ROLL NO: _____ DATE: ___.04.2015
I NAME THE FOLLOWING:
1. A small spherical model of the Earth: ___________
2. It is 00 latitude and is a great circle: _____________
3. The hottest zone: ______________________
4. The zone between Tropic of Cancer and Arctic Circle in the north and Tropic of
Capricorn and Antarctic Circle in the south: ____________________
5. The zone between Arctic Circle and N Frigid zone and Antarctic Circle and S Frigid
zone: _________________
6. Lines of latitude and longitude form a network of lines: __________
7. It helps us to determine the time at a place: _____________
8. The standard meridian for India: _______________
9. The time followed all over India : ____________________
10. The time difference between Greenwich Mean Time(GMT) and Indian Standard
Time(IST): ____________
II FILL IN THE BLANKS:
1. The earth is spherical in shape, slightly flattened at the ________ and bulging at the
____________
2. The shape of the earth is best described by the term ____________ which means ‘earthshaped’.
3. The earth rotates on its axis from ________ to __________
4. The northern end of the axis is the ______________ and the southern end, the
________________
5. The horizontal lines (east-west lines) are called __________________
6. The ______________ is a great circle.
7. The vertical lines (north-south lines) are called ____________________
8. There are ______ lines of latitude in the northern hemisphere as well as in the southern
hemisphere.
9. On the basis of the distance from the equator, the earth is divided into the following
____________________ zones.
10. There are a total of __________ lines of longitude.
11. All lines of longitude converge or meet at the two __________
12. The _______________ is the shortest route between two places on the earth.
13. The world is divided into ______ zones.
III STATE WHETHER THE STATEMENTS ARE TRUE OR FALSE:
1. We write E or W with 1800 longitude: ________
2. A great circle divides the earth into two halves: __________
3. The earth rotates in an anti-clockwise direction: _________
4. The axis of the earth is tilted at an angle of 23 ½0 to the vertical: _________
5. A country cannot have more than one standard time: __________
IV MATCH THE FOLLOWING:
S.No.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Column A
Vertical rays of the sun
Slanting rays of the sun
Tropic of Cancer
South Frigid
Antarctic Circle
Arctic Circle
S.No.
a
b
c
d
e
f
Column B
Southern Hemisphere
Northern Hemisphere
Equator
Important latitude
Poles
Heat zone
Responses
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
V OBSERVE THE DIAGRAM AND LABEL IT:
A ___________________________
B ___________________________
A
C. __________________________
D. _________________________
C
E. _________________________
VI ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN ONE POINT EACH :
1.
Define Axis.
2.
What are parallels?
3.
Why the heating does becomes less as we move from equator to the poles?
4.
What are meridians?
5.
What is the International Date Line?
6.
Why are shipping and airline routes plotted along great circle?
VII ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN TWO POINTS EACH :
7.
8.
9.
10.
What do you mean by latitude?
What do you understand by longitudes?
What is the importance of longitudes?
Distinguish between local time and standard time.
VIII ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN FOUR POINTS EACH :
11.
12.
Explain how time and date change when one crosses the International Date Line.
How is local time determined?
IX.A ON THE OUTLINE MAP OF THE WORLD MARK 00 LATITUDE AND 00 LONGITUDE:
X
CALCULATE THE TIME OF THE FOLLOWING PLACES USING LONGITUDES:
1) What is the time in Muscat (600E), when it is 12 Noon in London?
2) What is the time in Bridge town (600W), when it is 12 Noon in London?
3) What is the time in Chicago (900W), when it is 12 Noon in London?
4) What is the time in Shanghai (1200E), when it is 12 Noon in London?
XI.
IN THE OUTLINE MAP OF INDIA MARK AND LABEL 82½0 E LONGITUDE AND
23 ½0N LATITUDE:
SOME GEOGRAPHICAL FACTS
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The location of a place in relation to another place or nearby land marks is Relative
Location.
The location of a place using the coordinate system formed by Latitudes and Longitudes
is Absolute Location
GMT is now officially known as UTC- Universal Time Coordinate
As the Earth Moves from west to East, the Places which are to the East of India are
ahead of India Time and the places which are to the West of India are behind India Time.
The shadow of an object will be shortest at Noon and longest at Sunrise or Sunset
INDIAN SCHOOL MUSCAT
MIDDLE SECTION
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
The Globe – Latitudes and Longitudes
TASK SHEET- 10 M
NAME: ________________ CLASS VI SEC: ____ ROLL NO: _____ DATE: ___.04.2015
I FILL IN THE BLANKS:
(½ x 10 = 5marks)
1. Lines of Latitude run ___________________(horizontally/vertically)
2. Lines of Longitude run ______________________(vertically/horizontally)
3. The country which has highest number of time zones is _____________ _ (Russia/USA)
4. Lines of Latitude locate places North or South of the _____________
5. The Prime Meridian is ____ degree Longitude.
6. Lines of Longitude locate places East or West of the _______________________
7. It is drawn approximately along the 1800 Meridian: ____________________________
8. The axis is tilted at an angle of _________ to the vertical
9. The lines of Latitude and Longitude combine to make a _______
10. The time difference between Greenwich Mean Time(GMT) and Indian Standard
Time(IST): _______
II ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUSTIONS AS DIRECTED:
1. Distinguish between local time and standard time.
LOCAL TIME
(2marks)
STANDARD TIME
2. Why does the heating becomes less as we move from the equator to the poles?
(1mark)
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
IIIOBSERVE THE GIVEN PICTURE AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: (½ + ½ + 1)
a) The heat zone that lies between
North Pole and Antarctic Circle
and between South Pole and
Arctic Circle is
___________________________
b) The heat zone that lies between
Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of
Capricorn is
__________________________
c) Colour the Heat Zones
INDIAN SCHOOL MUSCAT
MIDDLE SECTION
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
The Globe – Latitudes and Longitudes
TASK SHEET- 10 M
NAME: ________________ CLASS VI SEC: ____ ROLL NO: _____ DATE: ___.04.2015
I FILL IN THE BLANKS: (½ x 10 = 5marks)
1. Lines of Latitude run horizontally(horizontally/vertically)
2. Lines of Longitude run verticallty(vertically/horizontally)
3. The country which has highest number of time zones is Russia (Russia/USA)
4. Lines of Latitude locate places North or South of the Equator
5. The Prime Meridian is 0 degree Longitude.
6. Lines of Longitude locate places East or West of the Prime Meridian
7. It is drawn approximately along the 1800 Meridian: International Date Line
8. The axis is tilted at an angle of 23 ½ 0 to the vertical
9. The lines of Latitude and Longitude combine to make a grid.
10. The time difference between Greenwich Mean Time(GMT) and Indian Standard
Time(IST): 5½ hours
II ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUSTIONS AS DIRECTED:
1. Why the heating does becomes less as we move from equator to the poles? (1mark)

As we move from equator to the poles the rays of the sun become increasingly slanting
and therefore heating becomes less.
2. Distinguish between local time and standard time.(2marks)

Each longitude has its own time
which is called the local time of
that longitude

The middle/central longitude of
each time zone is taken as the
standard meridian and the local
time on that meridian is generally
followed all over as the standard
meridian
III OBSERVE THE GIVEN PICTURE AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING
QUESTIONS: (½ + ½ + 1)
d) The heat zone that lies between
North Pole and Antarctic Circle
and between South Pole and
Arctic Circle is FRIGID ZONE
e) The heat zone that lies between
Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of
Capricorn is
TORRID/TROPICAL ZONE
f) Colour the Heat Zones
SOME GEOGRAPHICAL FACTS:





The location of a place in relation to another place or nearby land marks is Relative
Location.
The location of a place using the coordinate system formed by Latitudes and Longitudes
is Absolute Location
GMT is now officially known as UTC- Universal Time Coordinate
As the Earth Moves from west to East, the Places which are to the East of India are
ahead of India Time and the places which are to the West of India are behind India Time.
The shadow of an object will be shortest at Noon and longest at Sunrise or Sunset