Physical Geography Quiz 3

Mediterranean climate is characterized by mild wet winters and warm to hot, dry summers.

The troposphere starts at the Earth's surface and extends 8 to 16 km.

The equatorial circumference of Earth is about 40,075 km. However, the meridional circumference (from pole to pole) is about 40,008 km.

Epicentre, point on the surface of the Earth that is directly above the underground point (called the focus) where fault rupture commences, producing an earthquake.

The Sun is the largest object in our solar system. It is composed of seven layers: three inner layers and four outer layers. The inner layers are the core, the radiative zone and the convection zone, while the outer layers are the photosphere, the chromosphere, the transition region and the corona.

The ionosphere is said to be responsible for lightning and propagation of radio waves. It is also responsible for ionizing the atmosphere by solar radiation. It is a 48 km to 965 km vertical stretch, which roughly overlaps the thermosphere and the exosphere.

Fog is an aerosol, a type of colloid consisting of a liquid (water) dispersed in a gas (air).

Sand dune covered eastern portion of the Great Indian (Thar) Desert in western Rajasthan. It the depositional features which are formed due to the deposition of sand particles carried by the wind.

Venus is the brightest planet in our Solar System. It can be seen with the unaided eye from Earth.

A tsunami is a series of extremely long waves caused by a large and sudden displacement of the ocean, usually the result of an earthquake below or near the ocean floor.