World & Physical Geography MCQs

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The longest river of the Kingdom of Netherlands is the river Rhine. It is about 1,230 kilometer long out of which is flows in the Netherlands around 165 kilometer.

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Ursa Major, also known as Great Bear, is a constellation in the northern sky. In antiquity, it was one of the original 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy, and is now the third largest constellation of the 88 modern constellations. It is visible throughout the year from most of the northern hemisphere, and appears circumpolar above the mid-northern latitudes.

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The order of the planets in the solar system, starting nearest the sun and working outward is the following: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. The inner four planets closest to the sun — Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars — are often called the “terrestrial planets”. The four large outer worlds — Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune — are sometimes called the Jovian or “Jupiter-like” planets.

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Earthquake is a sudden and violent movement, or fracture, within the earth followed by the series of shocks resulting from this fracture. Earthquake is more likely to be of Tectonic origin and probably because of existence of a Fault.

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Wind is nothing more than the movement of air molecules from one place to the next due to pressure gradient, the Coriolis force, and surface friction. The speed of the wind is controlled by the strength of the pressure gradient (the difference in pressure over two places), the stronger the pressure gradient the higher the wind speed.

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As the Earth moves around its orbit, it reaches two points during the year where the tilt of its axis causes it to be straight relative to the Sun. These days are known as equinoxes. During these equinoxes the rays of the Sun shine directly on the equator. This happens on approximately 21st March and 23rd September. At two points throughout the year, the tilt of the Earth’s axis reaches its maximum angle compared to the Sun. This usually happens around June 21st and December 21st. These days are known as solstices when the rays of the Sun shine directly on one of the two Tropics. In other words, on the day of summer solstice, the sun shines directly above the Tropic of Cancer and on winter solstice, it is directly above the Tropic of Capricorn.

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In the Netherlands, 50 percent of the country is below sea level with the lowest point being 22 feet (6.7 meters) below sea level. Through a complex system of dikes, pumps and sand dunes along the coast, the Netherlands stays above water. In fact, it has one of the most sophisticated anti-flood systems in place anywhere in the world.

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The Nile River originates south of the equator, with its most distant source, the Kagera River, located in Burundi. It then flows northward for approximately 6,650 kilometers before discharging into the Mediterranean Sea.

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The correct order of planets from near to far from the Sun is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars) are rocky, while the outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune) are gas or ice giants.

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Kepler’s Third Law, also known as the Law of Harmonies, states that the square of an object’s orbital period (T) is directly proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis (R, or ‘a’) of its orbit. This law describes the relationship between the distance of planets from the Sun and their orbital periods, meaning that planets farther from the Sun have longer orbital periods.