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The following question based on Hydrosphere & Oceanography topic of indian geography mcq
(a) Perigean tide
(b) Apogean tide
(c) Neap tide
(d) Red tide
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (d)
Red tide is caused by algal blooms, these algal blooms are also known as harmful algal blooms and occur when colonies of algae grow out of control while producing toxic or harmful effects on people, fish, marine mammals and birds.
Nearly every summer along In Florida’s Gulf Coast, Red tide frequently occur during summer.
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Question : 1
Which water body separates Australia from New Zealand?
a) Great Barrier Reef
b) Tasman Sea
c) Cook Straits
d) Megallan
Answer »Answer: (b)
The Tasman Sea separates Australia from New Zealand.
Question : 2
Statement I
Tsunami is small in open ocean yet may be over 30 m high when it reaches a coastline.
Statement II
Tsunam is have long wavelength and they travel across the open ocean at high speed. As they approach shore, the wavelength decreases and the wave height increases.
a) Statement I is false, but Statement II is true
b) Statement I is true, but Statement II is false
c) Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I
d) Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I
Answer »Answer: (c)
In the open ocean the height of tsunami is less than 1 meter however, its height increases up to 15 meters or more at shallow coastal water. The wavelength in the open ocean is between 650 to 960 km/h.
Question : 3
The highest salinity is found in which of the following lakes?
a) Baikal lake
b) Balkash lake
c) Van Lake
d) Dead sea
Answer »Answer: (d)
The highest salinity is found in Dead sea
Question : 4
Which of the following lakes lies entirely in the U.S.A.?
a) Lake Erie
b) Lake Superior
c) Lake Michigan
d) Lake Huron
Answer »Answer: (c)
Question : 5
Gulf stream is
a) A local wind
b) A second name of jet stream
c) A river in the Gulf
d) An ocean current
Answer »Answer: (d)
The Gulf stream is a warm ocean current that originated from the eastern coast of North America.
The Gulf Stream, together with its northern extension towards Europe, the North Atlantic Drift, is a powerful, warm, and swift Atlantic ocean current that originates at the tip of Florida, and follows the eastern coastlines of the United States and Newfoundland before crossing the Atlantic Ocean.
Question : 6
Which of the following ocean currents does not belong to Indian Ocean?
a) Benguela Current
b) South Indian Ocean Current
c) Agulhas Current
d) Mozambique Current
Answer »Answer: (a)
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