Glossary

Up and Down are vertical directions. There are four horizontal (parallel to the ground) directions: north, south, east and west. The direction towards the North Pole is north, the direction towards the South Pole is south (Figure 2a). When a person faces north, east is on her right, west is on her left (this is always true, try it!) as shown in Figure 2b.

    Draw the Earth and the people standing at different locations of the Earth. Show the up-down directions for the four people standing on the Earth in the following diagram by using arrows.

Use your notebook for drawing. Please write following on page where you are drawing- The Basic Astronomy Module: Unit 1: Lesson 1: Cardinal Directions & your Login ID
 

Figure 2a: The Earth as seen from within the plane of the equator

Figure 2b: The Earth as seen from above the North Pole

You might notice that directions are not absolute, they depend upon the position on the Earth.