Important Geography Quiz 20
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Ozone layer contains ozone gas molecules, which are formed as sunlight reacts with oxygen. How it protects life on earth?
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What is called the region which can be adjacent to the Tropics of Capricorn and cancer?
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Name the land which borders a body of water?
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What would be called the climate that is neither very cold nor very hot?
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What refers to a particular geographical region or the surface features of an area?
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Steep sided, long and narrow area of elevated land is called as:
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What world is used to mention difference in elevation between the top and bottom of landform?
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The average level of the surface of the ocean is called:
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Thich, grey, low-level clouds that form at altitudes as low as 610 metres (2,000 feet) are called:
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Which of the following is a small body of standing water which is sufficiently shallow for the plants to grow across its floor?
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How is known the area that lies at a lower elevation than the land surrounding it?
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Usually damming rivers make natural or artificical lakes. What is it called?
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How is known the summit or highest part of a mountain which is usually steep-sided?
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What is called the body of salt water the covers part of the surface of the earth?
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Name the wetland in which trees or shrubs are the dominant form of vegetation?
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Term the area in which the river enters a lager body of water?
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When sun appears directly over the equator then both poles of the earth are at equal distance from the sun. At this time day and night are equal in length all over the world. What this phenomenon is called?
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Name the large and nearly level area of elevated land?
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What are called grasslands of middle latitude, semi-arid regions?
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Which of the following is the tropical wind that blows strongest in, Pakistan India and Southeast Asia. During winter this wind blows from the land to sea and in summer it blows from sea onto land?
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What indicates the stretch of a river where the water flows fast and usually over or around rocks?
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In water, what is called a narrow channel between tow areas of land?
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How is called the How is called the basic type of cloud, the rain cloud?
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Which of the follwing phrases is used for a large natural stream that drains a large area of land and eventually flows into another river, lake or ocean?
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Which phenomenon occurs when land and water absorb and lose heat from the sun at different rates?
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What is called a source of groundwater flowing naturally from soil to rock?
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What is called the area of land surrounded by water on three sides?
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How is known a low place in mountain range used for transport route?
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Term, imaginary line that runs east and west and connects points of equal latitude on the globe?
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What are called the strips or ridges of coral, sand or rock that lie along the edges of oceans?
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Evergreen forest grows in the regions with high rainfall are called:
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Which theory provides a useful way to explain the causes of earthquakes, volcanoes, mid-oceanic ridges and other geological features?
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How is known the narrow body of water which connects two larger bodies of water?
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What does mean by prairie?
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What is commonly known a grassland with scattered trees and shrubs?
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When water vapour in the atmosphere condenses it falls as rain, snow, sleet or hail. What is called this process?
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How is known the highest point of the mountain?
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Narrow, deep valley, which has been eroded by the running water of a stream or a river, is called:
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Earth's crust is divided into large and rigid segments. What these segments are called?
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What indicates the permanent frozen layer of soil and water that occurs in tundra climates in arctic, subarctic and alpine regions?
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The term "silt" refers to:
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How is known the long deep valley bounded by normal faults?
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Within the stratosphere, about 24 km above earth's surface what is present?
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How is known the place in the desert that has a water supply?
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When the gravitational forces of the sun and Moon are acting at 90? to each other, the smallest difference between high and low tides occurs during this stage. What this process is called?
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Name the body of salt water which is more or less land locked?
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Northernmost geographical point of the earth is known as:
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Name the layer which extends to about 48 km above the earth's surface and within this layer is ozone layer?
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Name the tide which occurs when sun, moon and earth are in a straight line and gravitational forces of sun and moon are combined?
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How is termed the maridian of longitude O?, from which all other longitudes are measured?
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