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CBSE Class-6 Geography notes

CBSE Class-6 Geography notes  Geography Chapter 2 Globe Latitudes and Longitudes 1.  Answer the following questions briefly: (a) What is the true shape of the earth? (b) What is the globe? (c) What is the latitudinal value of the Tropic of Cancer? (d) What are the three heat zones of the Earth? (e) What are parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude? (f) Why does the Torrid Zone receive the maximum amount of heat? (g) Why is it 5.30 p.m in India when it is 12.00 noon in London? Answers: (a) The true shape of the Earth is geoid-earth like shape. In other words, it is orange shaped. (b) Globe. Globe is the three dimensional model of the earth. (c) 23 1 2 ° N. (d) (i) Torrid Zone (ii) Temperate Zone (iii) Frigid Zone. (e) Parallels of Latitudes and Meridians of Longitudes: Parallels of Latitudes: All the parallel circles from the equator to the poles are called parallels of latitudes. Meridians of Longitudes: All the semi-circles which join north pole to south pole are termed as mer

CBSE Class 10 Geography notes

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  CBSE Class  10   Geography notes  Class 10 Social Science Geography  Chapter 1  Resource and Development Page 12  Q1: Multiple choice questions: (i) Which one of the following types of resources is iron ore? a. Renewable b. Biotic. c. Flow d. Non-renewable (ii) Under which of the following type of resource can tidal energy be put? a. Replenishable b. Abiotic c. Human-made. d. Non-recyclable (iii)Which one of the following is the main cause of land degradation in Punjab? a. Intense cultivation b. Deforestation c. Over irrigation d. Overgrazing (iv) In which one of the following states is the terrace cultivation practiced? a. Punjab b. Haryana c. Plains of Uttar Pradesh d. Uttaranchal (v) In which one of the following states is the black soil found? a. J & K b. Gujarat c. Rajasthan d. Jharkhand Answers: (i) (d) Non-renewable (ii) (a) Replenishable (iii) (c) Over irrigation (iv) (d) Uttarakhand (v) (b) Gujarat Page 13: Q.2: Answer the following questions in about 30 words: (i) Name