The deepest part of the earth is:
Answer: C
The deepest point on Earth is the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench, about 10,994 m below sea level in the western Pacific.
The Caspian and Lake Assal are the lowest inland water surfaces, but they lie only tens of metres below sea level.
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Before occupation of Indonesia in 1975, east timor was a colony of:
Answer: D
East Timor was a colony of Portugal for over four centuries, until Portugal withdrew in 1975 and Indonesia invaded and annexed it.
It voted for independence in a United Nations referendum in 1999 and became fully independent as Timor-Leste in 2002.
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The smallest sea of the world is:
Answer: B
Of those listed the Baltic is the smallest, covering about 377,000 km².
The North Sea covers about 570,000 km², the Red Sea about 438,000 and the Bering Sea some 2 million. The Baltic is also the least salty sea in the world, fed by many rivers and almost enclosed.
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Dogger Bank, Rockall Bank, Wales Bank and Sand Bank are located in
Answer: C
Dogger Bank, Rockall Bank and the other banks named lie in the north-east Atlantic, around the British Isles and the North Sea.
A bank is a shallow rise on the continental shelf. Sunlight reaches the bottom there and nutrients are stirred up, so plankton is abundant and these banks have been among Europe's richest fishing grounds for centuries.
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Mid-latitude or temperate forests include the trees of
Answer: D
Olive, maple and walnut are trees of the mid-latitude or temperate forests, which are largely deciduous broadleaf.
Rosewood, mahogany and rubber belong to the equatorial rainforest; teak, sal and bamboo to the tropical monsoon forest; and pine, fir and spruce to the cold coniferous forest further north.
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The countries with the lowest and worst economic conditions in the world which are referred as the 'Pole of hunger' are
Answer: A
The countries with the lowest incomes and worst food security - those of sub-Saharan Africa - are described as the world's pole of hunger.
Drought, poor soils, weak infrastructure and conflict combine there to give the highest rates of undernourishment anywhere, so it is the extreme point on any map of hunger.
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Which countries of Asia are called the 'Rice Bowl'
Answer: B
Myanmar, Thailand, Kampuchea (Cambodia) and Vietnam are called the rice bowl of Asia.
Their great river deltas - the Irrawaddy, Chao Phraya, Mekong and Red River - give flat, flooded alluvial land with heavy monsoon rain, exactly the conditions rice needs, and they have long been the region's main rice exporters.
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Mackerel, tuna, herrings, and anchovies belong to _____ type of fish.
Answer: A
Mackerel, tuna, herring and anchovy are pelagic fish: they live and feed in the open water column, near the surface, rather than on the bottom.
They are usually fast swimmers that move in large shoals, which is why they are caught with drift and purse-seine nets.
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Cod, haddock, halibut, sole, garoupa and snapper are
Answer: C
Cod, haddock, halibut, sole, garoupa and snapper are all varieties of fish, and specifically demersal ones - species that live and feed near the sea bed.
They are taken with trawls dragged along the bottom, unlike the pelagic species caught in mid-water.
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In which continent do the Danube, Dnieper, Don, Volga and Ural flow?
Answer: B
The Danube, Dnieper, Don, Volga and Ural all flow in Europe.
The Volga, at about 3,530 km, is the longest river in Europe; the Danube, at 2,850 km, is second and passes through more countries than any other river in the world.
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