Activity 1

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True or False - correct these

1. The sun is 386,000 km (240,000 miles) from the earth





2. The circumference of the earth is about 39,900 km (24,800 miles)





3. The rotation of the earth means that the earth turns on its axis once every 365 ¼ days





4. The Prime Meridian is an imaginary line of latitude that runs through Greenwich, England





5. The Tropic of Cancer. The Tropic of Capricorn, The Antarctic Circle and the Equator are the chief lines of latitude





6. Parallels of longitude are used to determine time





7. When a traveller, going from West to East, crosses the international date line (Meridian 180º East and Meridian 180º West, which are the same point), he/she “loses” a day on the calendar.





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