Maps, continents and oceans
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Questions
- 1Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which is the only continent crossed by both the equator and the Prime Meridian?
- ASouth America
- BEurope
- CAsia
- DAfrica
- 2Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which is the largest and deepest ocean on Earth?
- AThe Atlantic Ocean
- BThe Indian Ocean
- CThe Pacific Ocean
- DThe Southern Ocean
- 3Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
What is the name of the deepest known part of the ocean, found in the western Pacific?
- AThe Mariana Trench
- BThe Great Rift Valley
- CThe Puerto Rico Trench
- DThe Grand Canyon
- 4True or false · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Australia lies entirely in the Southern Hemisphere.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
- 5Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which ocean lies between Europe and Africa on one side and the Americas on the other?
- AThe Pacific Ocean
- BThe Indian Ocean
- CThe Arctic Ocean
- DThe Atlantic Ocean
- 6Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which is the smallest and shallowest of the five oceans?
- AThe Indian Ocean
- BThe Arctic Ocean
- CThe Southern Ocean
- DThe Atlantic Ocean
- 7Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The polar bear in the picture hunts on sea ice near the North Pole. What lies at the North Pole itself?

- AAn ocean covered with floating ice
- BA large continent of rock
- CA high mountain range
- DA sandy desert
- 8Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
What is the imaginary line at 0 degrees latitude that divides Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
- AThe Prime Meridian
- BThe equator
- CThe Tropic of Cancer
- DThe Arctic Circle
- 9Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The Prime Meridian is the line of 0 degrees of what?
- ALongitude
- BLatitude
- CAltitude
- DTemperature
- 10Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The historic observatory in the picture is where the Prime Meridian was set. In which city is it?

- AParis
- BRome
- CNew York
- DLondon
- 11True or false · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Lines of longitude are parallel to each other, like the rungs of a ladder.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
- 12Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which important line of latitude passes through the middle of India?
- AThe equator
- BThe Tropic of Capricorn
- CThe Tropic of Cancer
- DThe Arctic Circle
- 13Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Which compass direction is exactly opposite north-east?
- ASouth-west
- BSouth-east
- CNorth-west
- DWest
- 14Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
On a map, 1 cm stands for 1 km. Two villages are 5 cm apart on the map. How far apart are they really?
- A1 km
- B5 km
- C50 km
- D500 m
- 15Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The picture shows the Sun rising over a beach near the equator. About how long does daylight last there each day, all year round?

- AAbout 6 hours
- BAbout 18 hours
- CAbout 24 hours
- DAbout 12 hours
- 16Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Earth turns through 360 degrees in 24 hours. How many degrees does it turn in one hour?
- A10 degrees
- B15 degrees
- C24 degrees
- D30 degrees
- 17True or false · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
When it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, it is winter in the Southern Hemisphere.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
- 18Multiple choice · 30 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The icy continent in the picture gets so little snow or rain that it counts as the largest desert on Earth. Which continent is it?

- AEurope
- BNorth America
- CAntarctica
- DAsia
- 19Multiple choice · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
Lowland places near the equator, like the rainforest in the picture, are hot all year. Why?

- AThey are closer to the Sun
- BThey are below sea level
- CThe Sun is high all year
- DHot winds blow from the poles
- 20True or false · 20 s · 10 ptsNot played yet
The Arctic Circle is closer to the equator than the Tropic of Cancer.
- ✓True · བདེན།
- ✕False · རྫུན།
