world physical geography section 7 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (b)

1. Permafrost – Pingo (A pingo, also called a hydrolaccolith, is a mound of earth-covered ice found in the Arctic and subarctic that can reach up to 70 metres (230 ft) in height and up to 600 m (2,000 ft) in diameter.
2. Diastrophism – Horst: A horst is a raised block of the Earth’s crust that has lifted, or has remained stationary, while the land on either side has subsided.
3. Running water – Flood Plain (A floodplain or flood plain is an area of land adjacent to a stream or river that stretches from the banks of its channel to the base of the enclosing valley walls and experiences flooding during periods of high discharge.)
4. Sea waves – Stack (A stack or sea stack is a geological landform consisting of a steep and often vertical column or columns of rock in the sea near a coast, formed by wave erosion.

Answer: (a)

Answer: (b)

A. Kuroshio current – warm Pacific current

B. Peru current – cold current in Pacific ocean

C. Labrador current – cold current in Atlantic ocean

D. Florida current – Warm current in Atlantic ocean

Answer: (a)

The driest area of the earth is Atacama-desert. The Atacama Desert is a plateau in South America, covering a 1,000-kilometre strip of land on the Pacific coast, west of the Andes mountains. It is the driest hot desert in the world.

Answer: (c)

Answer: (a)

Bass Strait is a sea strait which separates Tasmania from the Australian mainland.