GEOGRAPHY ONE LINER SET 20

GEOGRAPHY ONE LINER SET 20

1. What is the average salinity of sea water? 3.50%
 
2. Which planet of the solar system has the longest day? Venus
 
3. What was the main occupation of the people of the Indus Valley civilization? Agriculture
 
4. Which minerals occurs abundantly in the Earth’s crust? Silica
 
5. Pneumoconiosis affects the workers who work mainly in which industry? Coal mining industry
 
6. The tide at its maximum height is known by which name? Spring tide

7. Where are the Local thunderstorms ‘Nor’ westers’ prominent? West Bengal
 
8. What is the dense mass of small water drops on smoke particles in the lower
layers of the atmosphere?
Smog
 
9. How many orangutans disappear each year as result of palm oil farming? 5000
 
10. Mosses and Lichens are the characteristic vegetation of which region? Tundra region