Draw a neat labelled diagram showing the position of the Earth during solstice.

Give a geographical reason for each of the following:

1. Great circles are the shortest routes between two places.
2. The Earth is a habitable planet.
3. Kuala Lumpur rotates faster on the Earth’s axis than London.

What is the composition of the earth's crust?

(i) Why are latitudes also called parallels of latitude?

(ii) Why are all the lines of longitude of the same length?