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Answer the following questions briefly.

(a) What are the three components of a map?
(b) What are the four cardinal directions?
(c) What do you mean by the term ‘the scale of the map’?
(d) How are maps more helpful than a globe?
(e) Distinguish between a map and a plan.
(f) Which map provides detailed information?
(g) How do symbols help in reading maps?

Answer the following questions briefly. | Class 6 Social Science - The Earth Our Habitat Chapter Maps, Maps NCERT Solutions

Q1.

Answer the following questions briefly.

(a) What are the three components of a map?
(b) What are the four cardinal directions?
(c) What do you mean by the term ‘the scale of the map’?
(d) How are maps more helpful than a globe?
(e) Distinguish between a map and a plan.
(f) Which map provides detailed information?
(g) How do symbols help in reading maps?

(a) The three components of the maps are:

Symbol
Direction
Distance

(b) The four cardinal directions are: North, South, East and West.

(d) Maps are more helpful than a globe in the following ways:

Maps contains many facts.
Maps are easy to carry than globe.
Maps provide more information than a globe.
We can study even a part of the Earth on the map.

(e) Maps: A map is a representation or a drawing of the Earth’s surface or a part of it drawn on a flat surface according to a scale.

Plan: It is a drawing of a small area on a large scale.

(f) Large scale maps give more information than small scale maps, as they cover more space on the map to show features. And, they are easy to study or know than the small scale ones.

(g) Different signs we use to detect a place on a map are called symbols.

Maps are shown by using certain letters, shapes, colours, pictures and lines.
They gives us lot of information in a limited space and are simple to read.

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(a) Maps showing distribution of forests are
(i) Physical map (ii) Thematic Map (iii) Political map

(b) The blue colour is used for showing
(i) Water bodies (ii) Mountains (iii) Plains

(d) A scale is necessary
(i) For a map (ii) For a sketch (iii) For symbols

Popular questions of class 6 Social Science - The Earth Our Habitat

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(a) The value of the prime meridian is
(i) 90° (ii) 0° (iii) 60°

(b) The frigid zone lies near
(i) the Poles (ii) the Equator (iii) the Tropic of Cancer

(d) The Antarctic circle is located in
(i) the Northern hemisphere
(ii) the Southern hemisphere
(iii) the Eastern hemisphere

(e) Grid is a network of
(i) parallels of latitudes and merdians of longitudes
(ii) the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn
(iii) the North Pole and the South Pole

Answer the following questions briefly.
(a) What is the true shape of the earth?
(b) What is a 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 maximum amount of heat?
(g) Why is it 5.30 p.m. in India and 12.00 noon in London?

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(a) The planet known as the “Earth’s Twin” is
(i) Jupiter (ii) Saturn (iii) Venus

(b) Which is the third nearest planet to the sun ?
(i) Venus (ii) Earth (iii) Mercury

(d) The Pole Star indicates the direction to the
(i) South (ii) North (iii) East

(e) Asteroids are found between the orbits of
(i) Saturn and Jupiter (ii) Mars and Jupiter (iii) The Earth and Mars

Fill in the blanks.

(a) The deepest point on the earth is _____________ in the Pacific Ocean.
(b) The _____________ Ocean is named after a country.
(c) The _____________ is a narrow contact zone of land, water and air that supports life.
(d) The continents of Europe and Asia together are known as _____________.
(e) The highest mountain peak on the earth is _____________.

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(a) The mountains differ from the hills in terms of
(i) elevation (ii) slope (iii) aspect

(b) Glaciers are found in
(i) the mountains (ii) the plains (iii) the plateaus

(d) The river Yangtze flows in
(i) South America (ii) Australia (iii) China

(e) An important mountain range of Europe is
(i) the Andes (ii) the Alps (iii) the Rockies

Fill in the blanks.
1. A ___________ is an unbroken flat or a low-level land.
2. The Himalayas and the Alps are examples of _______________types of mountains.
3. _____________ areas are rich in mineral deposits.
4. The _________________ is a line of mountains.
5. The ____________areas are most productive for farming.

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(a) The southernmost Himalayas are known as
(i) Shiwaliks (ii) Himadri (iii) Himachal

(b) Sahyadris is also known as
(i) Aravali (ii) Western Ghats (iii) Himadri

(c) The Palk Strait lies between the countries
(i) Sri Lanka and Maldives
(ii) India and Sri Lanka
(iii) India and Maldives

(d) The Indian islands in the Arabian Sea are known as
(i) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(ii) Lakshadweep Islands
(iii) Maldives

(e) The oldest mountain range in India is the
(i) Aravali hills (ii) Western ghats (iii) Himalayas

Fill in the blanks.
(a) India has an area of about ________________.
(b) The Greater Himalayas are also known as_________________.
(c) The largest state in India in terms of area is__________________.
(d) The river Narmada falls into the __________________ sea.
(e) The latitude that runs almost halfway through India is ___________.

(a) The mountain range that separates Europe from Asia is
(i) the Andes (ii) the Himalayas (iii) the Urals

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(b) The continent of North America is linked to South America by
(i) an Isthmus (ii) a Strait (iii) a Canal

(d) The domain of the earth consisting of solid rocks is
(i) the Atmosphere (ii) the Hydrosphere (iii) the Lithosphere

(e) Which is the largest continent?
(i) Africa (ii) Asia (iii) Australia

Answer the following questions briefly.

(a) Name the major physical divisions of India.
(b) India shares its land boundaries with seven countries. Name them.
(c) Which two major rivers fall into the Arabian Sea?
(d) Name the delta formed by the Ganga and the Brahmaputra.
(e) How many States and Union Territories are there in India? Which states have a common capital?
(f) Why do a large number of people live in the Northern plains?
(g) Why is Lakshadweep known as a coral island?

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