Important Geography Quiz 20
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Evergreen forest grows in the regions with high rainfall are called:
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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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The term "silt" refers to:
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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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Usually damming rivers make natural or artificical lakes. What is it called?
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Northernmost geographical point of the earth is known as:
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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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Term the area in which the river enters a lager body of water?
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How is known the narrow body of water which connects two larger bodies of water?
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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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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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Steep sided, long and narrow area of elevated land is called as:
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What is called the region which can be adjacent to the Tropics of Capricorn and cancer?
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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 indicates the permanent frozen layer of soil and water that occurs in tundra climates in arctic, subarctic and alpine regions?
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How is known the long deep valley bounded by normal faults?
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Name the land which borders a body of water?
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In water, what is called a narrow channel between tow areas of land?
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What are called grasslands of middle latitude, semi-arid regions?
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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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The average level of the surface of the ocean 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 are called the strips or ridges of coral, sand or rock that lie along the edges of oceans?
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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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Ozone layer contains ozone gas molecules, which are formed as sunlight reacts with oxygen. How it protects life on earth?
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Name the large and nearly level area of elevated land?
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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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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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How is called the How is called the basic type of cloud, the rain cloud?
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Name the body of salt water which is more or less land locked?
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How is termed the maridian of longitude O?, from which all other longitudes are measured?
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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 world is used to mention difference in elevation between the top and bottom of landform?
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How is known a low place in mountain range used for transport route?
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What refers to a particular geographical region or the surface features of an area?
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How is known the area that lies at a lower elevation than the land surrounding it?
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How is known the place in the desert that has a water supply?
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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 does mean by prairie?
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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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Within the stratosphere, about 24 km above earth's surface what is present?
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How is known the highest point of the mountain?
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What would be called the climate that is neither very cold nor very hot?
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What is commonly known a grassland with scattered trees and shrubs?
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What is called a source of groundwater flowing naturally from soil to rock?
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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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Which theory provides a useful way to explain the causes of earthquakes, volcanoes, mid-oceanic ridges and other geological features?
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What is called the area of land surrounded by water on three sides?
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Name the wetland in which trees or shrubs are the dominant form of vegetation?
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