world physical geography section 4 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Answer: (a)

The major fishing grounds of the world are found in those regions where the warm oceanic currents meet the cold currents.

The mixing of these waters and the shape of the ocean bottom lifts nutrients to the surface. They are rich in planktons on which fish feed.

Answer: (c)

Patagonian desert is a temperature desert.

The Patagonian Desert, also known as the Patagonia Desert or the Patagonian Steppe, is the largest desert in Argentina and is the 8th largest desert in the world by area, occupying 673,000 square kilometres.

Answer: (d)

The Suez Canal is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez.

The canal offers watercraft a shorter journey between the North Atlantic and northern Indian Oceans via the Mediterranean and Red seas by avoiding the South Atlantic and southern Indian oceans, in turn reducing the journey by approximately 7,000 kilometres.

Answer: (c)

Bulgaria does not border mediterranean sea, shares the boundary with Black-sea.

Answer: (b)