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GeographyClass 6All

India is located in which hemisphere?

Ans. India is located in Northern Hemisphere.

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What is a true shape of the earth?

The true shape of the earth is geoid and not sphere. It is slightly flattened towards the North and South poles and bulge in the middle.

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Why Torrid Zone receives maximum amount of heat?

Ans: The mid-day sun is exactly overhead at least once a year on all latitudes in between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn. Therefore, this area receives maximum heat.

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Which longitude is taken as International Date Line and why?

Ans: The International Date Line (IDL) is an imaginary line on the surface of the Earth opposite the Prime Meridian where the date changes as one travels east or west across it. Roughly along 180° longitude, it mostly corresponds to the time zone boundary separating -12 and +12 hours Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Crossing the IDL, travelling east results in a day or 24 hours being subtracted (so the traveller repeats the date) and crossing west results in a day being added. The exact number of hours depends on the time zones.

GeographyClass 6All

Why is latitude and longitude useful?

Ans: Latitude and longitude allow you to use two coordinates to define any point on earth. Latitude and longitude have been useful to navigators, geographers, cartographers and surveyors for a long time. Latitude and longitude are useful on a daily basis for a great number of people for global positioning system, GPS and computerised mapping. Using latitude and longitude, it is possible to calculate all sorts of things such as calculate the distances from city to city, calculate the distance from any point on earth to any other point. For example, we can calculate the distance from your house to school.

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How latitude and longitude is expressed?

Ans: Latitudes and longitudes are expressed in degrees. However, the increments of less than one degree can be expressed as a decimal or minutes and seconds. There are 60 minutes in a degree and 60 seconds in a minute. Longitudes can be written with an E or W for east or west. Latitudes have N or S for north or south.

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What are the limitations of latitudes and longitudes?

Ans: Latitudes and longitudes can locate the exact location of a place but they are not uniform units of measurement. If you look in the globe, you will see that longitudes are closer together as you move towards north and south of Equator. Only near the Equator the distance represented by 1° longitude is equal to the distance represented by 1° latitude.

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Why do places beyond Tropics have moderate temperature?

Ans: The mid–day sun never shines overhead on any latitude beyond the tropics. The angle of the sun‘s rays goes on decreasing towards the poles. As a result, the places between tropics, Arctic and Antarctic Circle have moderate temperature.

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Distinguish between parallels of latitudes and meridians of longitudes?

Ans: Latitudes Longitudes 1) All parallel circles from the equator upto the poles are called parallels of latitudes. All semi-circles running from North Pole to South Pole are called meridians of longitudes. 2) In total, there are 180 latitudes that is 90 north and south. In total there are 360 longitudes that is 180 east and west. 3)0° latitude is known bas Equator. 0° longitude is known as Prime Meridian. 4) They help to locate the places. They help to find time of a place.

GeographyClass 6All

Which meridian is taken as a standard meridian for India and why?

Ans. In India, 82° 30É is taken as a standard meridian because for every 1° longitude time difference is 4 minutes. India’s total longitudinal extent is 30° (970E-670E=300E). So, total time difference is 30*4=120 minutes or 2 hours that means the time difference between Gujarat and Arunachal Pradesh would be 2 hrs. To avoid such confusion and to have same time all over the country, we have taken a standard meridian.

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What is Biosphere Reserve?

Ans. A biosphere reserve is a unique concept which includes one or more protected areas and surrounding lands that are managed to combine both conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. Each biosphere reserve conserves examples of characteristic ecosystems of one of the world's natural regions, managed for their protection and study.

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Which is our national animal?

Ans. Tiger is our national animal.

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Define loo.

Ans. Hot and dry winds called loo which blow during the day in northern India.

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What types of forest are found in Himalayas?

Ans. There are different types of forests found in the Himalayas according to their altitude. The foot hills of the Himalayas are covered with sal. This is followed by evergreen forests, oaks, chestnuts and pine trees.

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What are Sunderbans? Where are these found in India?

Ans. Sunderbans are the tidal forests. These are found near the sea coast in the areas flooded by tides of the seas. The Sundary trees grow abundantly in this region. So these forests are called Sunderbans. Other trees are Mahagani, Rosewood, and Bamboos.

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Where do dry thorn forests occur?

Ans. The dry thorn forests occur where very scanty rainfall i.e. less than 50cms is found. These areas are the arid regions of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Punjab and Haryana.

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.Which is the factors that affect the climate?

The factors that affect the climate are: Location Altitude Distance from the Sea Mountains Relief

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Where is the mangrove forests found?

Ans. Mangrove forests are found in the Ganga-Brahmaputra delta regions. The main tree is Sundary.

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What is retreating monsoon?

Ans. Winds that move back from the main land to the Indian Ocean is called retreating monsoon.

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What are national parks?

Ans. Reserved forests where natural vegetation, beauty and wildlife are preserved in their natural environment.

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