Important Geography Quiz 20
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What does mean by prairie?
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What world is used to mention difference in elevation between the top and bottom of landform?
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What is called the region which can be adjacent to the Tropics of Capricorn and cancer?
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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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Within the stratosphere, about 24 km above earth's surface what is present?
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The term "silt" refers to:
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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 known the place in the desert that has a water supply?
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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 body of salt water which is more or less land locked?
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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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When water vapour in the atmosphere condenses it falls as rain, snow, sleet or hail. What is called this process?
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Name the land which borders a body of water?
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What refers to a particular geographical region or the surface features of an area?
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Name the wetland in which trees or shrubs are the dominant form of vegetation?
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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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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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In water, what is called a narrow channel between tow areas of land?
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How is known the area that lies at a lower elevation than the land surrounding it?
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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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How is known the highest point of the mountain?
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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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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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The average level of the surface of the ocean is called:
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How is known the narrow body of water which connects two larger bodies of water?
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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 is called a source of groundwater flowing naturally from soil to rock?
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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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Northernmost geographical point of the earth is known as:
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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 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 long deep valley bounded by normal faults?
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How is known the summit or highest part of a mountain which is usually steep-sided?
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How is termed the maridian of longitude O?, from which all other longitudes are measured?
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Term the area in which the river enters a lager body of water?
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Usually damming rivers make natural or artificical lakes. What is it called?
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Evergreen forest grows in the regions with high rainfall are called:
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How is known a low place in mountain range used for transport route?
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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 large and nearly level area of elevated land?
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Steep sided, long and narrow area of elevated land is called as:
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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 indicates the stretch of a river where the water flows fast and usually over or around rocks?
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What is commonly known a grassland with scattered trees and shrubs?
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How is called the How is called the basic type of cloud, the rain cloud?
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What is called the area of land surrounded by water on three sides?
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What are called grasslands of middle latitude, semi-arid regions?
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Earth's crust is divided into large and rigid segments. What these segments 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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What would be called the climate that is neither very cold nor very hot?
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