Bissoy.com
Doctors Medicines MCQs Q&A

How is latitude of a location on earth defined?

How is latitude of a location on earth defined? Correct Answer Angle between line joining the location to earth’s center and earth’s equatorial plane

Latitude of a location on earth is defined by the angle between line joining the location to earth’s center and earth’s equatorial plane. Sun’s declination angle is the angle between sun’s rays extended to earth’s center and earth’s equatorial plane.

Related Questions

Which of the following statements related to latitude are true? 1. Rainfall, temperature and vegetation vary with latitude. 2. The difference between the longest day and the shortest day increases with latitude. 3. Indira Point is located approximately at 6°45' N latitude. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Which of the following statements is correct regarding parallels of latitude? I. All parallels of latitude run East-West. II. Parallels of latitude are small circles on the earth's surface. III. They are measured from 0 degree to 180 degree.
Consider the following statements about Latitude and Longitude. 1. As the earth is slightly flattened at the poles, the linear distance of a degree of latitude at the pole is a little shorter than that at the equator. 2. As the parallels of latitude become longer poleward, so the meridians of longitude, which converge at the poles, enclose a narrower space 3. The point at which the Equator and the Prime Meridian intersect is in the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean. Which of the statement/statements given above is/are correct.
Which of the statements regarding latitude are correct? (A) The latitude is an imaginary circular line with varied radius. (B) The latitude is very important to know the local time. (C) Latitudes are measured in degrees. (D) The distance from the equator to either of the poles is one fourth of the circle around the earth. Select the correct answer using the code given below
The location of a place A is at 60° E longitude and 30° S latitude while the location of B is at 60° E longitude and 45° N latitude. Time at B will be ________
The phases of the moon as we see from the Earth are due to changing relative positions of the sun, the earth and the moon. Which of the following statements is true. A. on a full moon day, the earth comes between the sun and the moon B. on a new moon day, the moon is in between the earth and the sun C. on a full moon day, the moon is in between the earth and the sun D. on a new moon day, the earth is between the sun and the moon? E. on a new moon day, the sun is between the moon and the earth
Let correction to latitude of any side be C, total error in latitude be, L be the latitude of that line, £L be the arithmetic sum of latitudes then what is the transit rule?
Which of the following statements is not correct? (1) The angular distance of a point on the earth's surface from the center of the earth is referred to as its latitude.  (2) The angular distance along the equator east or west of the Prime Meridian is referred to as its longitude.  (3) Latitude is also called Meridians. (4) The Prime Meridian was decided as the zero meridians which pass through the royal astronomical observatory at Greenwich near London in 1884. 
Read the given information carefully and answer the questions related to it. The eight friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting in the center of a circle, (they do not have to be the same). i. The location of A is the third to the right of F, who is sitting on the left of the D on the second number. ii. C and H are sitting face to face with each other. iii. None of F and C are sitting next to B. iv. B is not sitting in between H and A. v. G is seated opposite A. If the location of E is replaced by B, the location of C is shifted from place of G and the location of A is mutual, then who will be the third position on the right of C?
The axis of rotation of earth is tilted by 23.5° to the plane of revolution around the sun. The latitude of Mumbai is less than 23.5° whereas the latitude of Delhi is more than 23.5°. Which one of the following statements in this regard is correct?