(i) What is Coriolis Effect?

(ii) How does it affect the planetary winds?

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

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

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.

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