Question

Equator is considered to be ___________.
A. The longitudinal axis that divides the earth into the eastern and western hemisphere
B. The latitudinal axis that divides the earth into northern and southern hemispheres
C. A vertical Line
D. A horizontal line

Answer 1

Hint:Equator word is derived from the medieval Latin word, aequator which means a circle that equalizes day and night. It is the imaginary line that divides the earth into northern and southern hemispheres.

Complete answer:
The Equator is the parallel (circle of latitude) at which latitude is defined to be 0°. It is about 40,075 km (24,901 mi) long, of which 78.8% lies across water and 21.3% over land. We can say that on and near the Equator sunlight comes almost directly which provides a stable daytime temperature the whole year.
When the Sun is directly above the Earth's Equator (on the equinoxes on March 20 and September 23), sunlight is perpendicular to the Earth's axis of rotation, which makes a 12-hour day and 12-hour night along all latitudes.
The equator is one of the five notable circles of latitude on Earth; the other four are both polar circles (the Arctic Circle and the Antarctic Circle) and both tropical circles (the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn).
Equators experience the shortest sunrises and sunsets because the Sun's daily path is nearly perpendicular to the horizon for most of the year.
The length of daylight (sunrise to sunset) is almost constant throughout the year on the equator.
The equator passes through the land of 11 countries. Indonesia is the country where the equator passes for the longest length across both land and sea.

Hence the correct answer is option B.

Note:Equator word is derived from the medieval Latin word, aequator which means a circle that equalizes day and night. It is the imaginary line (at which latitude is defined to be 0°) that divides the earth into northern and southern hemispheres. It is about 40,075 km (24,901 mi) long, of which 78.8% lies across water and 21.3% over land.