world physical geography section 1 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (a)

Pan Plane is almost a flat land surface created by the coalescence of flood plains owing to the lateral erosion by rivers of the intervening divides.

Answer: (a)

The Suez Strait connects Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea.

Answer: (a)

The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef system located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia.

Answer: (d)

The Bering Strait separates North America from Asia, or Russia. It is located to the south of the Arctic Circle. It is at the edge of the Bering Sea.

Answer: (c)

The coldest place on the earth is Verkhoyansk. Verkhoyansk is a town in Verkhoyansky District of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located on the Yana River near the Arctic Circle, 675 kilometers from Yakutsk.

Answer: (a)

Tropical rainforests cover only about 7% of the Earth’s surface. They are located in a band around the equator, mostly in the area between the Tropic of Cancer (23.5° N latitude) and the Tropic of Capricorn (23.5° S latitude). They are home to approximately 50% of all living things on earth.