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WAEC Geography 2022 Objective — Question 18

Question 18 of 50 from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Geography 2022 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.

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Which of the following statements is accurate?

  • A. There is a distance of 111km for every 1° of latitudinal differenceCorrect
  • B. A time difference of 4 minutes exists for every 15° of longitude
  • C. Any two opposite lines of latitude make a Great Circle
  • D. The Sun is overhead at noon at the Tropic of Cancer on December 22

Explanation

There is a distance of 111km for every 1° of latitude. (Any two opposite lines of longitude — not latitude — make a Great Circle; a time difference of 1 hour, not 4 minutes, exists for every 15° of longitude; and the sun is overhead at the Tropic of Cancer on June 21, not December 22.)

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