World & Physical Geography MCQs

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When the Sun is vertically above the equator, the day is of equal length all over Earth. This happens twice a year, and these are the “equinoxes” in March and in September. Between the two tropic zones, which includes the equator, the Sun is directly overhead twice per year. Outside the tropic zones, whether to the south or north, the Sun is never directly overhead.

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The Equator is a line that marks the exact halfway point between the North Pole and the South Pole. On the equator, the length of days changes very little throughout the year. Daylight shines for almost exactly 12 hours, and darkness reigns for almost exactly 12 hours. The further away that one travels from the equator, however, the more variation in length of day that will be observed.

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Degrees of latitude are parallel so the distance between each degree remains almost constant but since degrees of longitude are farthest apart at the equator and converge at the poles, their distance varies greatly. Each degree of latitude is approximately 69 miles (111 kilometers) apart.

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Most commonly, rain clouds that produce a steady rain are referred to as nimbostratus clouds. These clouds appear low in the sky and are a medium to dark gray color. Besides, cumulonimbus clouds produce rain, hail and other attributes of thunderstorms. These clouds begin as cumulus clouds that achieve vertical growth.

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Tropical rainforests are characterized in two words: hot and wet. Mean monthly temperatures exceed 18 °C during all months of the year. Average annual rainfall is no less than 1,680 mm and can exceed 10 m although it typically lies between 1,750 mm and 3,000 mm.This high level of precipitation results in poor soils due to leaching of soluble nutrients in the ground.

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Sea water is saltier than rain water because rivers wash away salts from earth and pour them into the sea.

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The Red Sea is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden. To the north lie the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf of Suez (leading to the Suez Canal).

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El Azizia had the distinction of having recorded a high temperature of 57.8 °C in 1922 which was long considered the highest temperature ever measured on Earth. However, the World Meteorological Organization, in September 2012, announced that the world record for hottest temperature is now 56.7 °C recorded on 10 July, 1913 at Greenland Ranch in Death Valley, California, USA.

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The driest location on Earth lies in the Atacama Desert, Chile. The location is called Maria Elena South (MES). The site has a mean atmospheric relative humidity (RH) of 17.3 per cent and a soil RH of a constant 14 percent at a depth of one meter.

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The kimono is a Japanese traditional garment that is most often worn by women, and on special occasions. It is in form of full-length robes that is always used in important festival on formal moments. It is the representative of polite and very formal clothing.