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Geography 4 Flashcards

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_____ returned from her time on the International Space Station on Feb 6, 2020.

A

Christina Koch

  • longest time spent in space, 328 days
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Christina Koch shared the images of the ______ from space.

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Southern Lights aka Aurora Australis

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_______ was the first spacecraft to land on the far side of the moon.

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Chang’e 4

  • communication done through relay satellite, Queqiao
  • probe Earth’s interior, solar winds & lunar geology
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4
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20 July, 2019 celebrated the ____ anniversary of the Moon Landing.

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50th

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Where is the Apollo 11 landing site?

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Tranquility Base

  • Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 & 17 landed on the moon
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Closest space craft that ever orbited a body in the solar system.

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OSIRIS Rex

  • pictures of Bennu (asteroid)
  • 13 June 2019
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Closest blackhole to Earth

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Sagittarius A*

  • 1,600 light years away
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Who first theorised the existence of black holes?

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Einstein

  • in 1916
  • term ‘black hole’ was coined in 1967 by John Wheeler.
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______ predicted that black holes could eventually evaporate.

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Stephen Hawking

  • in 1974
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______ is the only thing that escapes the pull of a black hole.

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Radiation

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All matter and energy that fall into a black hole, end up in its center called ______.

A

Singularity

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12
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_____ created the first image of a black hole.

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Katie Bouman

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_____ is the matter and radiation that exists between star systems in a galaxy.

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Interstellar medium

  • contains gas in ionic, molecular and atomic form, along with dust and cosmic rays
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14
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____ & _____ are most common interstellar gases.

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Hydrogen & Helium

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15
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What does interplanetary space comprise of?

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Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF)
Cosmic Rays & Dust
Solar Winds

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16
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_____ is the invisible force pushing planet away from each other.

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Dark Energy

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17
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Which are the planets with retrograde (east to west) rotation?

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Venus & Uranus

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18
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Mercury - God of ____

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Eloquence, commerce & skill

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19
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Venus - God of ____

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Spring, joy & beauty

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20
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Mars - God of ___

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War

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21
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Jupiter - God of ___

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Ruler of all gods and men

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22
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Saturn - God of ____

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Agriculture

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23
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Uranus - God of ____

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Heavens

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24
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Neptune - God of _____

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Seas

25
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First five recognised dwarf planets

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Ceres, Pluto, Eris, Makemake & Haumea

26
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Launch of Mars Rover, Perseverance

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30 July, 2020

27
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How many days was the Mars Opportunity Rover expected to last, and how many days did it actually last?

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Expected: 90 days
Completed: 5352 days [15 years]

28
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_____ occurs when the moon is fully in the Earth’s shadow.

A

Blood moon

  • occurs during total lunar eclipse
29
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______ is an additional full moon that appears in a subdivision of a year. Eg: two full moons in 1 month span

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Blue moon

  • happens on average every 2.7 years
30
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Super Moon

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When full moon occurs during a perigee

31
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Western Ghats spread over _____ states.

A

6

  • Goa, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra & Gujarat
32
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______ designated the entire Western Ghats as an Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA)

A

Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP)

aka Madhav Gadgil Committee

33
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____ recommended only 37% of the total Western Ghats area be brought under ESA.

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Kasturirangan committee

  • distinguished natural landscape (41%) and cultural landscape (59%)
  • 90% of natural landscape to be protected
  • Ecotourism and upliftment of green sustainable methods of occupation
34
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____ was the first to make it to the South Pole

A

Amundsen

35
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____ was the place where ozone hole was discovered.

A

Antarctica

36
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____ is an Earth System Science Organization under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India for implementation of the Indian Antarctic Programme.

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National Centre for Antarctic & Ocean Research (ESSO-NCAOR)

37
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India presently has ____ research stations at Antarctica.

A

2

  • ‘Maitri’ and ‘Bharati’
38
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Largest lake in Antarctica

A

Lake Vostok

39
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Man-made fresh water lake built by Indians in Antarctica

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Lake Priyadarshini

40
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_____ was a tropical cyclone which brought severe impacts to portions of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh in late November of 2020.

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Cyclone Nivar

41
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_____ selects the names of cyclones.

A

World Meteorological Organization

42
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___ was the strongest tropical cyclone to strike the Indian state of Odisha in 2019.

A

Cyclone Fani

43
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____ refers to the large-scale ocean-atmosphere climate interaction due to periodic warming in sea surface temperatures across the central and east-central Equatorial Pacific.

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El Nino

  • means ‘little boy’ in Spanish
44
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____ refers to the large-scale ocean-atmosphere climate interaction as the colder counterpart of El Nino.

A

La Nina

  • meaning little girl
  • occurs every 3-5 years
45
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Active volcanoes on the land near the Pacific Ocean are collectively called the _____.

A

Ring of Fire

46
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Longest river in Russia

A

Ob-Irtysh

47
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Longest Indian river

A

Indus

  • followed by Brahmaputra
48
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Shortest river in the world

A

Ombla river, Croatia, Europe

49
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Deepest cave in the world

A

Resseau du Foillis, France

50
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Satellite-based advisory service _____ launched for deep sea fishermen to inform them of upcoming disasters.

A

GEMINI

51
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The creator of the Zero Budget Natural Farming model in India is _____.

A

Subhash Palekar

  • first practiced in Karnataka
52
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The Forest Minister of Madhya Pradesh launched the first hot air balloon safari of India in the _____ in December 2020.

A

Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve of India in MP

53
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India recently added the ____ as its forty-second Ramsar site, Ladakh on 24 Dec 2020.

A

Tso Kar Wetland Complex

  • second Ramsar site from Ladakh
  • Tsomoriri was included as Ramsar site in 2002.
54
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The EU announced in December 2020 to completely ban the exports of unsorted plastic to poor countries. The new rules of the European Union will amend the _____ Regulation.

A

2006 Waste Shipment Regulation

  • new rules allow the export of plastic waste only to countries that intends to recycle
55
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In December, the Air Quality commission directed all the industries in the National Capital Region (NCR) to switch over to _____.

A

Piped Natural Gas

  • deadline of switch over is January 31, 2021
  • Air Quality Index (AQI) score of NCR is 373 [very poor]
56
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_____ is the most common fog in India.

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Radiation Fog

  • forms when the ground cools due to outgoing radiation in the night
57
Q

A new population of Blue Whales was found in the Western Indian Ocean based on _____.

A

Echolocations

  • Whales produce these sounds for food and navigation in the water.
58
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The ____ Volcano in Hawaii’s Big Island erupted after an Earthquake that struck the region in December 2020.

A

Kilauea

  • last active in 2018
  • second youngest volcano of the Hawaii hotspot

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