Extra Questions for class 6 SST Chapter 1 Locating Places on the earth

Extra Questions for class 6 SST Chapter 1 Locating Places on the earth

Question 1:
Name the four cardinal directions.
Answer
North, East, West and South

Question 2:
What is an atlas?
Answer
An atlas is a book or collection of maps.

Question 3:
What is the Equator?
Answer
The Equator is an imaginary line around the middle of the Earth, equidistant from the North and South Poles.

Question 4:
What is a pole?
Answer
The two ends of the axis are called poles.

Question 5:
What is the axis?
The axis is the imaginary line about which the earth rotates once in 24 hours.