Glossary - Concepts - Chapter 2 Class 6 Geography - Latitudes and Longitudes - Geography

Last updated at Dec. 13, 2024 by Teachoo

Term	Definition
Shape of the Earth	The form or outline of the earth’s surface, which is like a sphere but not a perfect one
Locating Places on the Earth	The process of finding the position and direction of any place on the earth using the earth’s grid or the geographic grid
Parallels or Latitudes	The circles that run from east to west and are parallel to the equator on the globe
Meridians or Longitudes	The lines that run from north to south and pass through the poles on the globe
Equator	The imaginary line that divides the earth into two equal parts or hemispheres: the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere
Prime Meridian	The meridian that passes through Greenwich, a place near London, and is taken as the starting point for measuring longitude and time
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) or Universal Time (UT)	The time at the Prime Meridian or 0° longitude, which is used as a reference for other time zones
Local Time	The time determined according to the longitude of a place
Standard Time	The uniform time adopted by a country for the whole country, usually based on the local time of its central meridian or capital city
Time Zones	The regions of the earth that have the same standard time, each with a west-east extent of 15 degrees of longitude

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