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Its Mainly that one has its solstice 21 June (Cancer) and other 21 December (Capricorn) and that one is south and one is north of Equator. They both are quite alike, both have hot dry climate and are situated 23.27 degrees in any direction of Equator.
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What are the 6 special names on a globe?
Arctic Circle, Tropic of Cancer, Equator, Tropic of Capricorn, Antartica Circle, Prime Meridian
What are the names of the3 invisible lines around the earth?
The three main invisible lines around the Earth are the Equator, the Tropic of Cancer, and the Tropic of Capricorn. These lines help determine important geographic phenomena such as climate zones and the changing of seasons.
Names given to latitiude lines at 23.3 degrees?
The latitude line at 23.3 degrees north is known as the Tropic of Cancer, while the latitude line at 23.3 degrees south is called the Tropic of Capricorn. These are significant latitudes as they mark the farthest points north and south where the sun is directly overhead at least once a year.
Do lines of latitude have names?
Lines of latitude do not have names within the conventional system of measuring latitude using degrees. Lines of latitude are commonly referred to by the numerical value of their angle from the equator, such as the Tropic of Cancer (23.5°N) and the Antarctic Circle (66.5°S), but they are not formally named like lines of longitude.
What is the special parallels of latitude passing through India?
There are five distinctive parallels of latitude which have some physical significance, and which have their own special names. These are the equator, the Tropic of Cancer, the Tropic of Capricorn, the Arctic Circle, and the Antarctic Circle. The only one of these that pass through India is the Tropic of Cancer.
What is unusual about the names Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn?
They are named after a constellation during the winter solstice (Capricorn) and Cancer is named after a constellation during the summer solstice.
What are the names of the tropics?
tropic of cancer and tropic of capricorn
What are the names of the 2 tropics?
The tropic of Capricorn and the tropic of Cancer.
What r the names of the 2 tropics?
The Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.
What are the 6 special names on a globe?
Arctic Circle, Tropic of Cancer, Equator, Tropic of Capricorn, Antartica Circle, Prime Meridian
Names of the latitudes?
Arctic Circle, Tropic Of Cancer, Equator, Tropic Of Capricorn, Antarctic Circle (from top to bottom)
What are the names of the three lines beside the equator?
The name of the lines are The Tropic of Cancer, The Tropic of Capricorn, and The Arctic Circle.
How did the tropic of cancer and tropic of Capricorn get their names?
Well it was named after tropics of the raneforist ?The tropic of Capricorn is the southernmost point where the sun will be directly overhead at noon on the winter's solstice. When named the sun was in the constalation of Capricorn during the solstice. That was 2000 years ago. Now the sun is in the constelation of Saggetarius during December. Should they change the name? Simillar with the tropic of Cancer, furthest north that the sun will be directly overhead at noon of the summer solstice.The equinox has progressed and it should be the Tropic of Taurus (eat that Henery Miller!)
What are the special names on a globe?
Arctic Circle, Tropic of Cancer, Equator, tropic of Capricorn, Prime meridian, Antarctic Circle
What does tropic caner mean?
Nothing.The "Tropic of Cancer" is a circle of latitude, an imaginary line parallel to the Equator, about 23° 26' north of the equator. It is at this latitude that the Sun appears exactly overhead at the summer solstice.South of the equator there is the "Tropic of Capricorn"The 'Cancer' and 'Capricorn' in these names comes from the constellation in which the sun would appear to be at the Summer and winter solstices respectively (if you could see the Sun and the stars at the same time then).
How do you use tropic in a sentence?
The word 'tropic' is a noun, a word for one of the two imaginary lines around the Earth on either side of the equator.The Tropic of Cancer is 23°26' north of the equator and the Tropic of Capricorn is 23° 26' south of the equator. When referring to either of specific tropic, the word is a proper noun, which is capitalized.The plural form 'tropics' is a word for the hottest part of the Earth, between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; the noun tropics is a common noun.The word tropic is also an adjective (an alternate for the adjective tropical), used to describe a noun as in or of the tropics, having a climate of or similar to the tropics.Example sentences: The northern part of Australia lies in the tropics. The Tropic of Capricorn runs through Western Australia, the Northern Territory, and Queensland.
What are the names of the3 invisible lines around the earth?
The three main invisible lines around the Earth are the Equator, the Tropic of Cancer, and the Tropic of Capricorn. These lines help determine important geographic phenomena such as climate zones and the changing of seasons.
