Important Geography Quiz 18
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What is called the imaginary line of latitude that circles the globe in an east-west direction exactly halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole?
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What is created when moist air rises and cools, and water condenses around dust particles to form tiny water droplets or ice crystals?
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Giant circular storm system, for which storm's winds must surpass 119 kilometres per hour, is known as:
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Point within the earth at which earthquake originates is called:
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Which of the following marks the high ground on a continent from either side of which the river systems flow in opposite direction?
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Which of the following is phenomenon under which the forests are cleared or destroyed?
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Chalky skeletons of former generations of coral animals formed a ridge or mound which is a platform for living coral polyps. What is called this ridge or mound?
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The part of earth that includes Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia is known as:
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The exosphere is:
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Which process is known as Desiccation?
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What is called a stream that flows through the deposits of a delta at the mouth of a river?
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What is termed the barrier that blocks the flow of water and produces lake?
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When does December solstice occur?
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What is called sea water-covered edge of a continent?
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A triangular or fan-shaped deposit of sediment that forms at a river's mouth where that river flows into an ocean, lake or slower river is called:
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What is called the rigid, outermost layer of the earth which is thin as compared to other layers?
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What is described by the term "Evergreen"?
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What is called the land that borders the sea?
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What is called the ridge of sand which is shaped by wind or water?
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Long crack on earth through which magma pours out is called:
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Usually at an elevation of between 1,000 and 2,500 meters, what are called forests in the mountains of the wet tropic?
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The theory referred by the term 'continental drift' is:
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At the top of a volcano, there is a bowl-shaped depression through which lava or ash and hot gases are ejected when the volcano erupts. Nate it?
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Which of the following names is used for a natural stream of water that is generally smaller than a river?
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How is known a steep-sided semicircular basin on a mountain which contains (or has previously contained) a glacier?
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Point out the term which describes the action of glacier and its effects on the previous landscape?
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The point of the surface of the earth, which is directly above the underground source, focus of an earthquake, has been named as:
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What is called that area in the ocean in which the mouth of a river meets the ocean water?
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What is termed as the steep slope that connect the shallow continental shelf with ocean floor?
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Which of the following is true?
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The high-level deppled texture clouds that appears as rows of tiny cumulus clouds and indicate unstable air and may warn of an approaching storm, are termed as:
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What are called those lands which lie at the margins of deserts are degraded and become deserts themselves?
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What is called a creek a small, sheltered bay of an ocean or a lake?
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Which of the following names is used for the soil that is composed of very small particles of sediment?
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What is called one of the sever major land masses on earth's surface?
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Name the process by which the surface of the earth is worn away?
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Term severe atmospheric and oceanic disturbance in the Pacific Ocean that occurs every seven to fourteen years?
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For which of the following purposes the term 'Cresrents' is used?
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What does refer the term equatorial?
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Which of the following is the process by which water is returned to the stmosphere from the soil and plants?
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Which name is given to the flat plain that borders a river?
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Name the branch of Biology which deals with the relationship between living things and the environment in which they live?
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What is called the fracture in the earth's crust?
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Community of interacting plants and animals considered within their physical environment is called:
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How is termed the system, which consists of all the bodies of water, through which water from rain or melting snow flows?
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From where exosphere begins and then gradually meres into space?
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What is cirrostratus?
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Long dry period with little or no precipitation is known as:
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Name a steep, vertical rock, earth, or ice face which is formed by erosion from weathering or by action of water or ice?
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Term gently sloping, low-lying area between the ocean and the nearest high land?
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