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🔹 The angular distance of the point on the Earth’s surface, measured in degrees from the center of the Earth is called?
➨ Lattitude
🔹 The angular distance measured in degrees along the equator, east or west of the Prime Meridian is called?
➨ Longitude
🔹 The line that passes through 180 degrees East or West Meridian of longitude which falls on the opposite side of the Greenwich Meridian is called?
➨ International Date Line
🔹 0 degree longitude that passes through Greenwich near London is called?
➨ Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
🔹 The 82 and 1/2 degree longitude that passes through Allahabad and is 5 and 1/2 hour ahead of the GMT is called?
➨ Indian Standard Time (IST)
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🔸 The position of the Earth in its orbit when it is at the greatest distance from the Sun is called?
➖ Aphelion
🔸 The position of the orbit of the moon when it is at its greatest distance from the Earth is called?
➖ Apogee
🔸 The tropical storm in the Carribean or West Pacific Ocean with extremely strong winds is called?
➖ Hurricane
🔸 The wind which rotates in an anticlock direction in the Northern Hemispher and in a clockwise direction in the Southern Hemisphere is called?
➖ Tornado
🔸 The tidal mouth of a river where the salt water of the tide meets the fresh water of the river current is called?
➖ Estuary
🔸 Lines on the map denoting places experiencing equal baromatic pressure is called?
➖ Isobars
🔸 Lines denoting equal depth in the sea is called?
➖ Isobaths
🔸 The 7th largest country of the world in terms of area is?
➖ India
🔸 The fertile soil generally found in UP, Punjab, Haryana and Bihar is called?
➖ Alluvial soil
🔸 Which soil is suitable for the cultivation of cotton, wheat, oil seeds and tobacco?
➖ Black soil
🔸 Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Sutlej are the tributaries of which river?
➖ Indus
🔸 Yamuna, Chambal, Betwa, Sone, Ghagra, Gandak and Gomti are the tributaries of which river?
➖ The Ganges
🔸 Teesta river is the tributary of which river?
➖Brahmaputra
🔸 On which river Bhakra Nangal Dam is constructed?
➖ Sutlej river in Punjab
🔸 On which river Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is contructed?
➖ Krishna river in Karnataka
🔹 The two days during the year when the day and night are almost equal throughout the world because the sun shines vertically over the equator is called?
➨ Equinox
🔹 The imaginary line that passes through the Earth midway between the North pole and the South pole is called?
➨ Equator
🔹 The imaginary line drawn out on the global map from pole to pole and perpendicular to the Equator is called?
➨ Meridian
🔹 In which part of the Earth’s atmosphere is Ozone layer present?
➨ Stratosphere
🔹 Which part of the Earth’s atmosphere is suitable for radio communication?
➨ Ionosphere
🔹 Which is the outermost layer of the Earth’s atmosphere?
➨ Exosphere
🔹 Study of rock is called?
➨ Petrology
🔹 Granite and Basalt are which type of rocks?
➨ Igneous rocks
🔹 Deposition of organic and non-organic matter over a period of time produces which type of rocks?
➨ Sedimentary rocks
🔹 Igneous and Sedimentary rocks undergo changes due to pressure and change in temperature under the Earth’s surface, this change led to the formation of which type of rock?
➨ Metamorphic rock
Types of Rocks
🔹 Sedimentary Rocks
➨ Sedimentary rocks are formed by the deposition of organic and non-organic matter over a period of time.
➨ Sedimentary rocks hold all reserves of coal, oil and natural gas.
➨ Sedimentary rocks often contain fossils.
➨ About 75 percent surface area of the earth is covered by the sedimentary rocks.
➖Example: Lignite, Coal, Sandstone, Shale.
🔹 Igneous rocks
➨ Igneous rocks forms through the cooling and solidification of magma (molten rock deep inside the earth) or lava.
➨ Igneous rocks made up 85 percent or more of the earth’s crust.
➨ Igneous rocks are divided into two main categories:
➖Plutonic rock : Example – Granite
➖Volcanic rock : Example – Basalt
🔹 Metamorphic Rocks
➨ Due to unfavourable condition of pressure and change in temperature under the earth’s surface Igneous and Sedimentary rocks undergo change. This change leads to the formation of Metamorphic Rocks.
➨ Metamorphic rocks may be classified as foliated or non-foliated.
➨ Metamorphic rocks are divided into two main categories:
➖Foliated metamorphic rocks : Example – Mica
➖Non-foliated metamorphic rock : Example – Marble and Quartzite