PRESIDIUM INDIRAPURAM

Subject: Social Science

Geography
Motions of the Earth and Maps
Q1 Tick the correct option :

a. It is spring in the Northern hemisphere and Autumn in the Southern hemisphere on

a) 23rd September c) 22nd December

b) 21st March d) 21st June

b. Which among the following maps are used to show continents and countries on a paper?

a) Large scale map c) Map

b) Small scale map d) Direction map

c. The Earth experiences day and night due to its

a) Revolution c) Rotation
b) Orbit d) Temperate zones

d. Which among the following is known as Torrid zones?

a) When the rays of the sun fall directly at Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn
b) When the rays of the sun are slanting on the poles
c) When the rays of the sun goes on decreasing towards the poles
d) When the rays of the sun falls only at Tropic of Cancer

e. What time of the day will be experienced by the places near meridian when the Prime Meridian of
Greenwich has the sun at the highest point in the sky?

a) Night c) Mid-day
b) Morning d) Mid-night

Q2 Write true or false and correct the incorrect statements.

a. The North, South, East and West are known as the Intermediate points on a map _______
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b. A sketch is a drawing of a large scale area which gives us a lot of information_____________

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c. The Antarctic Circle is 77.5 degrees south of the equator _________

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d. The symbols used in a map are different for diffdrent countries ___________
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e. The Earth complete its one rotation in 367 days but it ignores it 7 hours every year to make a leap year

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f. Equinox is that time when the days are longer and night are shorter _____________
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Q3 Complete the table.

Winter Solstice Summer Solstice

1) The nights are longer

and days are shorter.

It is Summer in the 2)
Southern Hemisphere

A large portion of the 3)

Southern Hemisphere
receives light.

4) The Northern pole is

tilted towards the sun.

Q4 What would happen if the earth will not rotate?

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Q5 Why do we ignore 6 hours of the earths revolution every year? Explain.
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Q6 What do you understand by a Distance map? Why is it considered as an important component of a
map?
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Q7 Explain the Following terms.
a) Thematic map
b) Orbital plane
c) The circle of illumination
d) Elliptical orbit
Q8 Why is a plan (map) useful to architects?
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