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Which continent/portion of the world is uninhabited?
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Antarctica
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Rajasthan
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Australia
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Gobi
- Antarctica is the southernmost
continent and it is in 1820 the man first set his foot in this region. It is
uninhabited continent. The people living in this continent are those belonging
to research groups of different countries.
- It is the continent that has
lowest human population. The population is around 4000 in summer and 1000 in
winter. This population is constituted by research teams of various countries. About
30 countries maintain about seventy research stations in Antarctica.
After Europe and Australia, third smallest continent of the world is __________.
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North America
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Asia
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Antarctica
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South America
- Antarctica is the third smallest continent of
the world.
- It was in 1820 when the human first set foot in
Antarctica.
- Antarctica is the southernmost
continent of the earth. It has animals like penguins, seals, whales and other
number of species of plants and animals.
- Largest glacier in the world
Lambert glacier is in this continent.
Dakshin Gangotri is _________.
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A river-valley project in Andhra Pradesh
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An unmanned station located in Antarctica for continuous weather and scientific recordings
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A second source of the river Ganga
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An island in the Indian Ocean near Antarctica
- Dakshin Gangotri is an Indian first research station established
in Antarctica. It was established during third Indian expedition between
1983-84.
- An automatic weather recording station was set up here. The
station is also used to conduct tests on radio waves in Antarctica. Other
functions of the Dakshin Gangotri included observations of physical
oceanography, the chemistry of the freshwater lakes around, biological traits
of the land, biological traits of the
water, geology, glaciology and geomagnetism of the
area.
The zones of excessively dry climate with very cold temperature throughout the year correspond to __________.
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Arctic deserts
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Tundra
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Alpine meadows
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Antarctica
- Antarctica is the southernmost
continent of the earth. It is the coldest, driest and windiest continent in the
world.
- It
has very low temperature throughout the year. The average annual temperature is
−57 °C and temperature as cold as −93.2 °C is also recorded in this region.
The effective rainwater management depends on _____________________.
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Collection of rainwater
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Harvesting of rainwater
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Irrigation of fields
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Both A and B
Rainwater harvesting is the process of collecting rainwater from rooftops and directing it to an appropriate location and storing it for future use. Effective rainwater management depends on the collection of rainwater and harvesting of rainwater. Irrigation of field is watering of the fields so it cannot be included in the rainwater harvesting technique.
When did humans first see Antarctica?
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500 B.C.
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1000 A.D.
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1520 A.D.
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1820 A.D.
Though there were many theories that stated the existence of Antarctica, it was only in 1820 when the human first set foot in this place. The first landing was probably just when American Captain John Davis, a sailor, set foot on the ice.
Antarctica is _________________.
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nearly all exposed land with some glaciers
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about half ice and half exposed land
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mainly ice, with a few areas of exposed land
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none of these
- Antarctica is the southernmost
continent of the earth. It is the coldest, driest and windiest continent in the
world.
- It
has very low temperature throughout the year. The average annual temperature is
−57 °C and temperature as cold as −93.2 °C is also recorded in this region.
- That is the reason
why it is composed mainly of ice with some exposed land.
Which one of the following is the continent with the highest mean elevation in the world?
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Antarctica
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North America
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Asia
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South America
- Antarctica is the southernmost
continent of the earth. It is the coldest, driest and windiest continent in the
world.
- It
is the continent with the highest mean elevation in the world. It has an
average elevation of 7,545 feet above sea level. The elevation of
Antarctica at the South Pole is 9,300 feet. The tallest mountain peak in
Antarctica is Mount Vinson, which lies at a height of 16,050 feet.
Antarctica has the world's largest __________.
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Volcano
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Glaciers
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Mountains
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None of these
- Largest glacier in the world
is Lambert glacier. It is located in the southern most region of the earth which
is Antarctica.
- The glacier has been measured
to be 8,200 feet (2,500 meters) deep at its centre
- Lambert glacier moves at a rate of 400 to 800 metres per
year.
Antarctica is the world's coldest continent, it is also the world's _________.
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Foggiest continent
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Furthest away continent
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Windiest continent
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None of these
- Antarctica is the southernmost
continent of the earth. It is the coldest, driest and windiest continent in the
world.
- It has mostly katabatic winds which means a wind that carries high density air from a higher elevation down a slope under the force of gravity.
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Such winds are sometimes
also called fall winds.