Balbharati solutions for Geography Integrated [English] Standard 6 Maharashtra State Board chapter 2 - Let us Use the Graticule [Latest edition]

66° 30' North parallel means ______.

Which parallel bisects the earth?

What is the angular distance of the Arctic Circle from the North Pole?

Where do the Prime Meridian and the equator intersect each other?

Up to which parallels from the equator can the sun’s rays be perpendicular?

What would be the latitude of a place on the South Pole?

While describing the location of a place mentioning the meridian is sufficient. 

For describing the extent of a region, it is necessary to assume the latitude and longitude of the centre of the adjoining region.

Location of a road can be described only with a map.

The extent of a road or a river course is described with the help of the latitude of a point in the source and the longitude of a point at the end.

8° 4' N parallel to 37° 66° N parallel is the correct description of a location.

Find the location of the following city from a world map, a map of India, or a globe, and write down its latitude and longitude.

Mumbai

Find the location of the following city from a world map, a map of India, or a globe, and write down its latitude and longitude.

Guwahati

Find the location of the following city from a world map, a map of India, or a globe, and write down its latitude and longitude.

Srinagar

Find the location of the following city from a world map, a map of India, or a globe, and write down its latitude and longitude.

Bhopal

Find the location of the following city from a world map, a map of India, or a globe, and write down its latitude and longitude.

Chennai

Find the location of the following city from a world map, a map of India, or a globe, and write down its latitude and longitude.

Ottawa

Find the location of the following city from a world map, a map of India, or a globe, and write down its latitude and longitude.

Tokyo

Find the location of the following city from a world map, a map of India, or a globe, and write down its latitude and longitude.

Johannesburg

Find the location of the following city from a world map, a map of India, or a globe, and write down its latitude and longitude.

New York

Find the location of the following city from a world map, a map of India, or a globe, and write down its latitude and longitude.

London

Find and write down the extent of the following. (Check it on the internet/mobile).

Maharashtra (State)

Find and write down the extent of the following. (Check it on the internet/mobile).

Chile (A country)

Find and write down the extent of the following. (Check it on the internet/mobile).

Australia (A continent)

Find and write down the extent of the following. (Check it on the internet/mobile).

Sri Lanka (An island) 

Find and write down the extent of the following. (Check it on the internet/mobile).

Trans Siberian Railway of Russia
(Starting point – St. Petersburg, Terminal Point – Vladivostok)

Draw important parallels and meridians in the figure given below and label them with appropriate angular measures. (Use the protractor.)

Write the important parallels in the following table: 

Write the important meridians in the following table: 

Observe the globe and answer the following.

• What are the horizontal lines on the globe called?
• List the continents and oceans through which the equator passes.
• Encircle the intersection of 0° meridian and 0° parallel on the globe.
• Which oceans are spread in all the four hemispheres?
• Which continents are spread in all the four hemispheres?
• At which two parallels do all the meridians converge?

Let us use the graticule:

Answer the following questions about location and extent with the help of the given figure. 

• Which latitude and longitude define the location of the capital of Brazil - Brasilia?
• What would be the longitudinal extent of Brazil that spreads from 5° 15′ N to 33° 45′ S latitude?
• In which hemispheres does Brazil extend in the north-south direction?
• In which hemisphere does Brazil extend in the east-west direction?
• Which parallels and meridians should be used to describe the extend of River Sao Francisco?
• Describe the location of Marajo Island using the graticule.

Which important parallel passes through India? 

Which areas do not get perpendicular rays? 

Which region receives perpendicular ray on two days in a year?

Find on the globe, the meridians opposite to the ones mentioned below: 

90°E, 170°W, 30°E, 20°W

In what direction should an aeroplane fly in order to cover the shortest distance between Kolkata and Chicago?