1st practice 100 short questions of Geography

1^st practice 100 short questions of Geography

1. What is the Sun?
2. In which galaxy is our Solar System located?
3. What is a galaxy?
4. What is the name of our galaxy?
5. What type of galaxy is the Milky Way?
6. What holds a galaxy together?
7. What are the main components of a galaxy?
8. How many planets are there in the Solar System?
9. What are dwarf planets?
10. Name one dwarf planet.
11. What are asteroids?
12. What are meteors?
13. What are comets?
14. What are satellites?
15. What are small solar system bodies?
16. Which star is at the center of the Solar System?
17. Around what do the planets move?
18. Name two dwarf planets.
19. What are the leftover fragments in the Solar System called?
20. What does the Milky Way contain?
21. ·  Which is the biggest planet in the Solar System?
22. ·  Which is the smallest planet in the Solar System?
23. ·  Which planet is nearest to the Sun?
24. ·  Which planet is farthest from the Sun?
25. ·  Which planet is nearest to Earth?
26. ·  Which is the brightest planet in the sky?
27. ·  Which is the brightest star after the Sun?
28. ·  Which planet has the maximum number of satellites?
29. ·  Which is the coldest planet in the Solar System?
30. ·  Which is the hottest planet in the Solar System?
31. ·  Which is the heaviest planet in the Solar System?
32. ·  Which planet is called the Red Planet?
33. ·  Which is the biggest satellite in the Solar System?
34. ·  Which is the smallest satellite?
35. ·  Which planet is known as the Blue Planet?
36. ·  Which planet is called the Morning Star or Evening Star?
37. ·  Which planet is known as Earth’s twin?
38. ·  Which planet is called the Green Planet?
39. ·  Which planet has the Big Red Spot?
40. ·  Which planet has the greatest diurnal (day–night) temperature difference?
41. ·  What are latitudes?
42. ·  Which line is drawn parallel to the equator?
43. ·  From where is latitude measured?
44. ·  What is the latitude of the Equator?
45. ·  What is the latitude of the North Pole?
46. ·  What is the latitude of the South Pole?
47. ·  Which line is known as the greatest circle on the Earth’s surface?
48. ·  What does 23½° N represent?
49. ·  What does 23½° S represent?
50. ·  What does 66½° N represent?
51. ·  What does 66½° S represent?
52. ·  What is another name for 23½° N latitude?
53. ·  What is another name for 23½° S latitude?
54. ·  What is another name for 66½° N latitude?
55. ·  What is another name for 66½° S latitude?
56. ·  Is the distance between two parallels of latitude equal everywhere?
57. ·  What is the approximate distance of 1° latitude?
58. ·  In which direction are latitudes drawn on the globe?
59. ·  What is the shape of the Equator on the Earth’s surface?
60. ·  What is the angle used to measure latitude?
61. ·  What are the lines of longitude called?
62. ·  From where do the meridians extend?
63. ·  Through which line do the meridians pass?
64. ·  Are the lines of longitude complete circles or semicircles?
65. ·  Is the distance between two meridians equal everywhere?
66. ·  What is the distance of 1° longitude at the Equator?
67. ·  What is the distance of 1° longitude at 30° N or 30° S?
68. ·  How many meridians of longitude are there on Earth?
69. ·  What is the longitude of the Prime Meridian?
70. ·  Through which observatory does the Prime Meridian pass?
71. ·  Near which city is the Royal Observatory located?
72. ·  What does the Prime Meridian divide the Earth into?
73. ·  What is the longitude opposite to the Prime Meridian?
74. ·  What is the 180° meridian also called?
75. ·  What are opposite points on the Earth called?
76. ·  Into how many longitudinal zones is the Earth divided?
77. ·  How many degrees of longitude represent one hour of time?
78. ·  How many minutes does the Earth take to rotate 1° of longitude?
79. ·  In which direction does the Earth rotate?
80. ·  Do places east of Greenwich gain or lose time?
81. ·  What is the Earth also called?
82. ·  Which is the densest planet in the Solar System?
83. ·  What is the circumference of the Earth?
84. ·  What is the total area of the Earth?
85. ·  What is the average distance between the Earth and the Sun?
86. ·  What is perihelion?
87. ·  On which date does the Earth reach perihelion?
88. ·  What is aphelion?
89. ·  On which date does the Earth reach aphelion?
90. ·  What is the shape of the Earth called?
91. ·  What are the two main movements of the Earth?
92. ·  What is Earth’s rotation?
93. ·  In which direction does the Earth rotate?
94. ·  How long does the Earth take to complete one rotation?
95. ·  What is the rotational velocity of the Earth at the equator?
96. ·  What causes day and night on Earth?
97. ·  What is Earth’s revolution?
98. ·  How long does the Earth take to complete one revolution around the Sun?
99. ·  What results from the revolution of the Earth?
100. ·  On which date is the longest day in the Northern Hemisphere?