Question

The distance between two consecutive latitudes on the earth is ________.
A) 111km
B) 110km
C) 90km
D) 100km

Answer 1

Hint: Latitude is a geographic coordinate that determines the north and south position of a point on the Earth. It ranges from 0° at the Equator to 90° at the poles. The distance between two latitudes is 69 miles apart.

Complete answer:
The lines of constant or parallels of latitude run east to west as circles parallel to the equator. A circle of latitude is an imaginary round linking all the points sharing a parallel.

The five important parallels of latitudes from north to south are
i) Arctic Circle,
ii) Tropic of Cancer
iii) Equator
iv) Tropic of Capricorn
v) Antarctic circle.

Now let us look into the given options
-The distance between two successive latitudes is approximately 111 km and the distance of each degree at the equator is 110.567 km. This option is correct.
-The distance between two consecutive latitudes is not 101 km. This option is incorrect.
-90km is not the distance between two consecutive latitudes. This option is incorrect.
-100km is not the distance between two consecutive latitudes. This option is incorrect.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘A’.

Note:
-Latitudes are used to determine the North-South position of a location on the planet.
-The tropic of cancer is the most important latitude situated at 23.5° N. It divides the country into two climatic zones.
-Latitude is the most crucial factor in determining the climate of a place because different latitudes receive different amounts of solar radiation.