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What is a globe?Read the answer and worked solution →A model globe of the Earth is called a what?Read the answer and worked solution →A model of the celestial sphere is known as what?Read the answer and worked solution →The word globe comes from the Latin word globus. What does it mean?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Earth representation does not distort the shape or size of large features?Read the answer and worked solution →Who made the oldest surviving terrestrial globe, the Erdapfel, in 1492?Read the answer and worked solution →The Erdapfel, the oldest surviving terrestrial globe, was made in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →The Globe of Crates, first mentioned by Strabo, dates to about when?Read the answer and worked solution →Globes are usually mounted with the axis tilted at what angle from vertical?Read the answer and worked solution →A one-metre-circumference globe models Earth at roughly what scale?Read the answer and worked solution →What does the analemma marked on many globes show?Read the answer and worked solution →Which direction do globes generally show at the top?Read the answer and worked solution →Why are mountains exaggerated on raised relief globes?Read the answer and worked solution →Why do celestial globes leave out the Sun, Moon and planets?Read the answer and worked solution →The Sun's apparent path marked on a celestial globe is called what?Read the answer and worked solution →When was the sphericity of the Earth established by Greek astronomy?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Mughal ruler patronised the world's first seamless celestial globe?Read the answer and worked solution →What are the strips of paper used to cover a traditional globe called?Read the answer and worked solution →Modern globes are often moulded from which material?Read the answer and worked solution →What does latitude specify?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the latitude of the Equator?Read the answer and worked solution →Lines of constant latitude are also called what?Read the answer and worked solution →The network of latitude and longitude lines is called the what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Greek letter usually denotes latitude?Read the answer and worked solution →The latitude of the tropical circles equals which quantity?Read the answer and worked solution →Which science studies the shape and gravity of the Earth?Read the answer and worked solution →Which method is used in celestial navigation to find latitude?Read the answer and worked solution →Which coordinate gives the east-west position of a place?Read the answer and worked solution →Meridians are imaginary lines running between which two places?Read the answer and worked solution →Which line defines 0 degrees longitude?Read the answer and worked solution →

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What is a globe?

  1. A flat map of the Earth
  2. A spherical model of Earth
  3. A chart of ocean currents
  4. A model of a single country
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Correct answer: B. A spherical model of Earth

1. A globe is a spherical model of Earth, of another celestial body, or of the celestial sphere. 2. So its shape is a sphere, not a flat sheet. 3. A flat map or a chart of one theme is not a sphere, so those options fail. _Source: Wikipedia, Globe, Lead section_

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A model globe of the Earth is called a what?

  1. Celestial globe
  2. Planetary dome
  3. Terrestrial globe
  4. Lunar globe
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Correct answer: C. Terrestrial globe

1. A globe of Earth shows landmasses and water bodies. 2. Such a model is named a terrestrial globe. 3. A celestial globe models the sky, so it fails. _Source: Wikipedia, Globe, Lead section_

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A model of the celestial sphere is known as what?

  1. Relief globe
  2. Terrestrial globe
  3. Celestial globe
  4. Pocket globe
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Correct answer: C. Celestial globe

1. The celestial sphere is the imaginary sphere of the sky. 2. A globe modelling it is called a celestial globe. 3. A terrestrial globe models the Earth, so it fails. _Source: Wikipedia, Globe, Lead section_

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