geomorphology & earth landforms section 5 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (c)

A peneplain is a low relief plain formed by protracted erosion.

Answer: (a)

The Andes Mountains.

Answer: (d)

The first of these ideas is the relationship between time and the rotation of the Earth. It takes an average time of 24 hours for the Earth to rotate 360 degrees.

If you divide the number of degrees in a circle by the number of hours in a day, we find that the Earth turns 15 degrees each hour.

360° / 24 hours = 15° per hour.

We can take this a step further and state that the Earth turns one degree in four minutes.

1 hour = 60 minutes / 15° = 4 minutes per degree

Answer: (c)

The Andes Mountain Range are the longest Continental mountain range in the world.

Answer: (a)

Answer: (d)

The Yangtze River is the longest river in Asia and the third-longest in the world. It flows for 6,300 kilometers from the glaciers on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in Qinghai eastward across southwest, central and eastern China before emptying into the East China Sea at Shanghai.