Ls: 1 The Globe A Model of the Earth

Key words

1. Globe
2. Continents
3. Latitudes
4. Longitude
5. Meridian
6. Grid.
7. Axis
8. Rotation
9. Equator
10. Hemisphere

Question Answers

1. How is the globe useful?

Answer: i) The globe shows the shape of the Earth,

ii) It also shows the location of the continents, countries, oceans and seas.

2. Why are lines of latitude and longitude drawn on the globe?

Answer: Latitudes and longitudes are imaginary vertical and horizontal lines drawn
on the globe which help to locate a place.

3. What is the Prime Meridian?

Answer: i) The Prime Meridian is an imaginary line running from the North Pole to
the south Pole.
ii) It runs through the Royal Observatory of Greenwich near London and is
marked as 0.

4. If a place has a latitude of 10°N, is it in the Northern or Southern

Hemisphere?

Answer If the place has a latitude of 10°N, then it is in the Northern Hemisphere.