World & Physical Geography MCQs

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The Maya Mountains are a mountain range located in Belize. The highest peak of this range is Doyle’s Delight which is 1124 metres above sea level. This mountain range houses Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary. It is a location of a number of Mayan ruin sites. These mountains are made of the Paleozoic era of granite and sediments.

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Cross River Gorilla is a subspecies of Western Gorilla. Its habitation is restricted to only lowland montane forests and rainforests region of Cameroon and Nigeria border, most particularly at the banks of Cross River of Nigeria. Its conservation status is classified as “Critically Endangered” as per the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

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Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaiso is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Chile. It houses 19th-century urban development and architecture style of Latin America. This seaport city houses early industrial infrastructures with the geometric layout. Until the opening of Panama Canal in 1914, this merchant seaport had a major commercial impact.

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Alps are a folded mountain ranges in Europe. Mount Blanc is one of the important peaks in Alps. Alps are a source for the rivers Danube, Rhine, etc.

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The Lhotse mountain is located in the Mahalangur Himalayas. It is 8516 metres in height. Mount Everest is the parent mountain of the Lhotse.

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Mount Kilimajaro, Tanzania is the tallest mountain in Africa. It is made up of extinct volcanoes. Uhuru is the highest peak of Mount Kilimanjaro.

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Mount Kilimanjaro is a dormant volcano in Tanzania. It is the highest volcano in Africa. It is the highest single free-standing mountain in the world with an elevation of 5,895 metres.

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Pico de Orizaba is a stratovolcano which is currently dormant but not extinct. It is the second most prominent volcanic peak in the world after Africa’s Mount Kilimanjaro.

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The closest point to the Sun in a planet’s orbit is called perihelion.
The position of the Earth when it is at the greatest distance from the sun is called the Aphelion.

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Following factors lead to the cooling of the ocean:
Back radiation in the form of long wave radiation, from the sea surface.
Exchange of heat between the sea and the atmosphere if there is temperature difference.
Evaporation: Heat is lost in the form of latent heat of evaporation
The Convectional Currents present in the earth’s interior heat the waters at the depth very fast. Thus leading to the increase in the temperature of the oceans.