world physical geography section 7 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (a)

The Black Forest is a wooded mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany.

It is bordered by the Rhine valley to the west and south. Rivers in the Black Forest include the Danube (which originates in the Black Forest as the confluence of the Breach and Breg rivers), the Enz, the Kinzig, the Murg, the Nagold, the Neckar, the Rench, and the Wiese.

The Black Forest is part of the continental divide between the Atlantic Ocean drainage basin (drained by the Rhine) and the Black Sea drainage basin (drained by the Danube).

Answer: (d)

China – India – United State – Indonesia – Brazil – Pakistan

Answer: (a)

El Azizia had the distinction of having recorded a high temperature of 57.8 °C in 1922 which was long considered the highest temperature ever measured on Earth.

However, the World Meteorological Organization, in September 2012, announced that the world record for hottest temperature is now 56.7 °C recorded on 10 July 1913 at Greenland Ranch in Death Valley, California, USA.

Answer: (d)

Answer: (b)

Bass Strait is a sea strait separating Tasmania from the south of the Australian mainland, specifically the state of Victoria. Its maximum width is 240 km, its depth is 50–70 m.

Answer: (a)

1. Faults – Earth movements (A fault is formed in the Earth’s crust as a brittle response to stress. Generally, the movement of the tectonic plates provides the stress, and rocks at the surface break in response to this.)
2. Flood Plains – Fluvial effect (Flood plains are made by a meander eroding sideways as it travels downstream. When a river breaks its banks and floods, it leaves behind layers of alluvium (silt). This gradual build-up creates the floor of the flood plain.
3. Coral reefs – Organic activity (Coral reefs begin to form when free-swimming coral larvae attach to submerged rocks or other hard surfaces along the edges of islands or continents. As the corals grow and expand, reefs take on one of three major characteristic structures —fringing, barrier or atoll.)
4. Moraines – Glacial Activity (A moraine are formed along the sides of a glacier. As the glacier scrapes along, it tears off rock and soil from both sides of its path. This material is deposited as lateral moraine at the top of the glacier’s edges.