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Class 6 Locating Places on the Earth worksheet
CBSE Social Science. Maps, globes and scale, directions, latitude and longitude, local time and Indian Standard Time. Every sheet has 20 questions in three sections and an answer key, and the numbers change every time.
Sample questions
Real questions from this chapter, as the app sets them. Tap Answer to see the answer and working.
Section A · multiple choice
- 1.
The imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres is the:
- Tropic of Cancer
- Arctic Circle
- Prime Meridian
- Equator
Answer
(d) Equator
- 2.
The latitude of the Tropic of Cancer is:
- 23.5° N
- 90° N
- 90° S
- 66.5° S
Answer
(a) 23.5° N
- 3.
What is the name for the ratio of a distance on a map to the real distance?
- Equator
- time zone
- sketch
- scale
Answer
(d) scale
Section B · short answer
- 4.
Give one difference between a map and a globe.
Answer
A globe is a round model that shows the Earth’s true shape; a map is flat and can show a small area in detail.
- 5.
Write the latitude of each line: (a) the Arctic Circle (b) the Equator
Answer
(a) 66.5° N (b) 0°
Section C · long answer
- 6.
Explain how latitude and longitude together give the exact location of a place. Give an example.
Answer
A place lies where its line of latitude (north or south of the Equator) crosses its line of longitude (east or west of Greenwich). For example, New Delhi is at about 28.6° N and 77.2° E; these two numbers fix it on a globe or a map.
Fresh sheets for your child
In the app, every Locating Places on the Earth sheet is new: the app remembers the questions your child has already had and leaves them out. Print the sheet as a PDF, or use notebook mode and write the answers in a notebook.
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