Class 6 Social Science Locating Places on the Earth

1. What is the Earth’s shape?

👉 Geoid

2. What is a globe?

👉 Model of Earth

3. What are latitudes?

👉 Parallel imaginary lines

4. What are longitudes?

👉 Semi-circular imaginary lines

5. Which latitude is the longest?

👉 Equator

6. What is the Equator?

👉 0° latitude

7. How many hemispheres does the Equator divide Earth into?

👉 Two

8. Name the two hemispheres.

👉 Northern and Southern

9. What is the Prime Meridian?

👉 0° longitude

10. Which place does the Prime Meridian pass through?

👉 Greenwich

11. Into how many hemispheres does Prime Meridian divide Earth?

👉 Two

12. Name them.

👉 Eastern and Western

13. What is the latitude of the North Pole?

👉 90° N

14. What is the latitude of the South Pole?

👉 90° S

15. What are tropics?

👉 Important latitudes

16. Name the Tropic of Cancer latitude.

👉 23½° N

17. Name the Tropic of Capricorn latitude.

👉 23½° S

18. What are polar circles?

👉 High latitude circles

19. Name the Arctic Circle latitude.

👉 66½° N

20. Name the Antarctic Circle latitude.

👉 66½° S

21. What is a grid?

👉 Network of lines

22. Why are latitudes and longitudes important?

👉 Locate places

23. What is longitude measured in?

👉 Degrees

24. How many longitudes are there?

👉 360

25. How many latitudes are there?

👉 181

26. Which lines help calculate time?

👉 Longitudes

27. What is local time?

👉 Time of a place

28. Why does time vary from place to place?

👉 Earth’s rotation

29. What is IST?

👉 Indian Standard Time

30. Which longitude is used for IST?

👉 82½° E


📌 Quick Revision Box

👉 Key Lines:

  • Equator → 0° Latitude
  • Prime Meridian → 0° Longitude

👉 Important Latitudes Order:
Arctic → Cancer → Equator → Capricorn → Antarctic