Which of the following best describes longitude?

An imaginary line joining north and south poles

The distance between a place east or west of the Greenwich Meridian

The angular distance east or west of the Greenwich meridian

The position of a place on earth's surface with reference to the Prime Meridian

The core of the Earth is made up of:

mainly of iron in the liquid form

mainly of nickel in the liquid form

both iron and silica in the liquid form

both iron and magnesium in the plastic state

Which one of the following is not the effect of the revolution of the Earth.

Change in the direction of winds and ocean currents

Latitude and longitude both:

run perpendicular to each other

Which of the following is not an effect produced by rotation of earth?

All heavenly bodies like sun, moon, planets appear to move from East to West

Poles have days and nights of 6 months duration

What is 'Sidereal Day'?

The day on which the duration of sunshine is the maximum

The day on which the duration of sunshine and darkness are equal

The time during which the earth makes a complete rotation on its axis in respect of the fixed stars

The day on which the sun reaches its maximum distance from the equator

lines joining places having a time difference of 12 hours

places diametrically opposite on earth's surface

places located at a point where degree of latitude is equal to degree of longitude

lines joining places having the same depths

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