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Multiple choice geography biosphere and landscape introduction to earth's landform development of landforms major landforms of the earth

Landforms are found over the continents and also on the ____________.

  1. Parks

  2. Roads

  3. Ocean floors

  4. Industries
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
The ocean floor contains all of the geographic features that can be found on the continents. Mountains, volcanoes, plains, valleys, and canyons. Also, these underwater landforms are many times taller, deeper, longer, and wider than those on dry land.
Multiple choice geography biosphere and landscape introduction to earth's landform development of landforms major landforms of the earth

Which of the following influence formation of deltas?

  1. Amount and type of sediment available

  2. Aspect and geometry of coast

  3. Waves, Rate of sedimentation

  4. All of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
  • Rivers carry a large amount of sediments with them. When rivers deposit these deposits near their mouths, before falling into to sea, a landform is formed that is known as delta. It has rich soil and the river in delta gets bifurcated into a number of streams making deltas highly fertile.
  • Formation of the delta is influenced by the amount and rate of sedimentation, shape and slope of the coast and also by the waves striking at the coast. Hence all options are correct.
Multiple choice geography biosphere and landscape introduction to earth's landform development of landforms major landforms of the earth

Average height of Tibetan Plateau is of _____________.

  1. 7200 meters

  2. 4500 meters

  3. 7300 meters

  4. 1200 meters
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

4500 meters

With an average elevation exceeding 4,500 meters (14,800 ft), the Tibetan Plateau is sometimes called "the Roof of the World" and is the world's highest and largest plateau, with an area of 2,500,000 square kilometers  (about five times the size of Metropolitan France).

Multiple choice geography biosphere and landscape introduction to earth's landform development of landforms major landforms of the earth

Which landform was a part of Gondwanaland?

  1. Tibet Plateau

  2. Peninsular plateau

  3. Main plateau

  4. Big Plateau

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
  • At one point of time, all the landmass on Earth was united as one mega continent called Pangea and whole water bodies were also unified called Panthalassa.
  • After that, the Pangea got bifurcated into the northern part as Laurasia and southern part as the Gondwanaland.
  • Peninsular India was part of Gondwanaland which moved northwards to unite with rest of India. Thus the right answer is B.
Multiple choice geography the signature of time movement of the earth's plates development of landforms study of continents - north america biosphere and landscape
Ox bow lakes are found in _________.

  1. Glaciers

  2. River valleys

  3. Deserts

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Oxbow lakes are found in river valleys.
An oxbow is a crescent-shaped lake lying alongside a winding river. The oxbow lake is created over time as erosion and deposition of soil change the river's course.

Multiple choice geography the signature of time movement of the earth's plates development of landforms study of continents - north america biosphere and landscape
The depositional feature of a glacier is __________.

  1. Beach

  2. Moraine

  3. Flood plain

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Moraines are ridge-like depositional features of glacial tills. They are long but narrow ridge with height more 30 meters. Moraines are consist of rock materials of heterogeneous shapes and size.

Multiple choice geography the signature of time movement of the earth's plates development of landforms study of continents - north america biosphere and landscape

The effect of variation in climate caused due to tilting of the earth's axis is felt more when one moves ________________.

  1. Away from the equator and the poles

  2. Away from the poles and towards the equator

  3. Away from the equator and towards the poles

  4. Towards equator and poles
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Latitude is a measure of the distance you are located from the equator.  It is commonly shown as an imaginary horizontal line that goes across the earth on maps and is used along with longitude as a reference point to determine location. The tilt of the earth affects the seasons we experience throughout the year.

The earth moves around the sun in an elliptical fashion, and one complete orbit around the sun take one year. An interesting fact is that it is not the proximity of the earth to the sun that determines the season; we are actually closest to the sun in January, not July.  Instead, the tilt of the earth is the key. When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards the sun, the Southern Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun. This leads to summer in the Northern Hemisphere and winter in the Southern Hemisphere as the Northern Hemisphere experiences the most direct sunlight and solar heating.