World & Physical Geography MCQs

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Mars is known as the red planet because it looks red from Earth. The reddish color comes from high concentration of iron oxide compounds that is rust—in the rocks of the Martian surface.
Phobos and Deimos are the natural satellites of Mars.

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Tundra is the coldest of all the biomes. Tundra comes from the Finnish word tunturi, meaning treeless plain. It is present in the frost-molded landscapes, extremely low temperatures, little precipitation, poor nutrients, and short growing seasons. It is a treeless biome.

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Tugela is an example of a waterfall located in South Africa. Specifically, they are a series of seasonal waterfalls in the Drakensberg of the Royal Natal National Park in the KwaZulu-Natal Province. Interestingly, Tugela Falls is known as the second tallest waterfall in the world with a total drop in five free-leaping falls of 948 meters (3110 feet).

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Cuba is traditionally known as the “Sugar bowl of the world” as it used to be the worlds largest sugar producer. But now brazil has taken the top spot in sugar production.

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A barchan is indeed a type of dune. Characterized by its distinctive crescent shape and known to exist in arid desert environments, it faces the wind in a convex orientation. Barchans are not static; rather, they are able to shift and transform due to the predominant wind direction. This wind action contributes to their unique form and continual movement, enlightening us about the dynamic nature of desert topography.

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Jupiter’s moon Ganymede is the largest satellite in the solar system. It is Larger than Mercury and Pluto. Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system.

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A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth’s shadow. This can occur only when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are exactly or very closely aligned (in syzygy), with Earth between the other two. A lunar eclipse can occur only on the night of a full moon.

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Euclid is the first to measure the distance round the earth and also known as Father of Geometry. He is a greek mathematician and founder of geometry.

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The area of the United States known as the South Plains is the largest contiguous cotton-growing region in the world

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The salinity of Red Sea is greater than the world average, approximately 4 percent. It has been also cited as most saline open sea due to high rate of evaporation and very little precipitation, Lack of significant rivers or streams draining into the sea and limited connection with the Indian Ocean, which has lower water salinity.