Important Geography Quiz 19

What is called sheet of thick ice whose one side is attached to land and other extends for a great distance into the sea?

For which of the following purposes the term inlet is used?

As a result of gravity a mass of soil or rock slides downhill. How it is known?

What is called hot spring that erupts hot water and steam into the air?

Middle-latitude grasslands are known regionally as prairies, pampas, steppes or veld. Tropical grasslands, second type of grassland, often called savannahs. Where are they occurred?

What is called the narrow valley with steep sides which is usually smaller than a canyon?

Wetland in which grasses and non-woody plants predominate is called:

A mass of ice forms usually in mountainous areas where show accumulates in winter and then melts during the summers. What is it called?

Outer layer of the earth, a crust of rocks and other solid surface material, is called:

What is referred the condition of being completely surrounded by land, without a sea coast?

Where Geographical poles are located?

What is called that area of land smaller than continent and completely surrounded by water?

What is generated by charged particles that circulate in the earth's liquid outer core, along those forces which are caused by earth's rotation?

Low hill at the base of a mountain is known as:

What is called that protected area of a sea, river, or lake in which ships can safely anchor?

What is called the spherical model of the earth?

What is called molten rock material that exists within earth?

What is the thickness of earth's lower mantle?

The northern pole is located over the frozen Arctic Ocean. Where South Pole is located?

What is called the tropical cyclone that occurs in western Atlantic Ocean or eastern pacific ocean which is characterized by the high winds and heavy rain?

Name the shallow area of sea water that is nearly or completely separated from the sea by a land barrier?

What does signify 'Gulf'?

The naturally occurring gases as carbon dioxide and water vapour, in the process of Greenhouse effect are known as:

When the Earth's axis is tilted towards the sun then sun is positioned directly over the Tropic of of Cancer. What this process is called?

Hydrosphere refers to:

An inland body of water is located in a depressed spot on the earth's surface. What this body is called?

A huge, thick mass of ice completely covers large area of land and spreads outwards in all directions under its own weight. What is it called?

Which of the following is an extensive area of continuous sea ice. Same term is also sometimes used to describe large areas of land ice?

What does mean by Meander?

What is formed when the air temperature falls below dew point and water vapour condenses on dust particles in atmosphere to form ice crystals?

Flowing water, especially on hillsides, carve out a narrow channel. By which name is it called?

Thick layer of rock surrounds the earth's core and lies beneath its crust's.

The term Grassland signifies:

Name the rounded elevation of land that is higher than the land surrounding but lower than a mountain?

What is termed that area where magma or molten rock materials rises form mantle?

What is called a narrow strip of land that bridges two larger areas of land?

Which phrase is used for an imaginary line drawn close to the 180th meridian to indicate the point where the transpacific voyage?

What is called huge block of floating ice that has broken from a glacier or ice sheet?

Mention the way in which gases in earth's atmosphere warm the earth by letting sunlight in but keeping the reflected heat energy trapped inside?

Name the imaginary line which runs north and south around the earth and connects points of equal longitude?

Which name is used for measuring the distance of a point on the earth's surface in relation to the equator?

Which term is used for measuring the distance of a point on the earth's surface in relation to where it lies east or west of prime meridian?

Naturally formed shapes make up the earth's surface. What are they called?

By which name is called the physical force that attracts the objects on the earth towards the centre of the planet?

Distinct and independent portion of a mountain range which is formed by a group of mountains or a large mountain mass is termed as:

When sun appears directly over the equator and both of the poles are at equal distances from sun, what occurs?

Name permanent blanket of ice which is larger than a glacier and smaller than an ice sheet?

The term "Humidity" indicates:

What is called the natural environment of plant or animal or a place in which a person, animal or any organism is normally found?

The earth's 'inner core', the innermost part of planet's thickness is about 1,600 kilometres. Temperatures of the inner core may reach 5,500?c. By which elements is it made?