World Geography MCQs

✅ The correct answer is option C.
The term used to describe the combined effect of all shortwave losses in earth albedo.

✅ The correct answer is option B.
In the Northern Hemisphere this is the shortest day of the year, which has the longest night and is called the Winter Solstice. For the northern hemisphere, the Winter solstice is around December 22. This means that the sun is at the southern tropic. For the southern Hemisphere, the winter solstice is around June 21.

✅ The correct answer is option A.
The texture of a soil refers to the size distribution of the mineral particles composing the soil.

✅ The correct answer is option C.
both (a) and (b)

✅ The correct answer is option C.
New Guinea is the 2nd largest island in the world with an area of 303,500 sq mi (786,000 km sq), which is pretty significantly smaller than Greenland. The island actually houses two countries and is located in the middle of South East Asia.

✅ The correct answer is option A.
During these few minutes–the sudden-commencement phase–of the storm, the horizontal component of the geomagnetic field increases suddenly over the entire globe. The increase persists for two to six hours and is classified as the initial phase of the storm.

✅ The correct answer is option C.
both (a) and (b)

✅ The correct answer is option C.
Absolute extremes are the highest and lowest values of a weather element observed over the entire period of record.

✅ The correct answer is option D.
Peat has the lowest heating capacity.

✅ The correct answer is option A.
The place where material is excavated when the zone of maximum stream velocity approaches the stream’s bed is called scoured pools.