General Quiz

bobbym · 2014-10-29 04:19:10

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-10-29 15:28:15

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The Answer #5221 (Leaching) is correct. Excellent!

#5223. Name the Geographical term :- Physical Geography - of or relating to the shore of a sea, lake, or ocean; a coastal or shore region; inhabiting the shore of a sea or lake or the shallow waters near the shore.

#5224. Name the Mineral :- a sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium carbonate, deposited as the calcareous remains of marine animals or chemically precipitated from the sea: used as a building stone and in the manufacture of cement.

bobbym · 2014-10-29 21:35:46

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-10-30 00:26:57

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The Answers :-

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The Answer #5224 is correct. Good work!

#5225. Name the term in minerals science : A soft, brownish-black coal in which the alteration of vegetable matter has proceeded further than in peat but not as far as in bituminous coal. Also called brown coal.

#5226. Name the Geographical term : Soil composed of approximately equal quantities of sand, silt, and clay, often with variable amounts of decayed plant matter.

bobbym · 2014-10-30 01:24:29

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-10-31 01:14:44

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The Answers :-

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The Answer #5225 is correct. Excellent!

#5227. Name the Geological Science term : a light-colored fine-grained accumulation of clay and silt particles that have been deposited by the wind.

#5228. Name the term in Physical Geography:- the level of the surface of the sea with respect to the land, taken to be the mean level between high and low tide, and used as a standard base for measuring heights and depths.

bobbym · 2014-10-31 07:36:44

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-11-01 00:30:56

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The Answers :-

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The Answer #5227 (Silt) is also correct. Excellent!

#5229. Name the Geographical term :- vast plateau in the heart of peninsular Spain, which has elevations that range from 610 to 760 m. Rimmed by mountains, it slopes gently to the west and to the series of rivers that form some of the border with Portugal.

#5229. Name the Geographical term : A mass of fine droplets of water in the atmosphere near or in contact with the Earth. It reduces visibility to not less than 1 km (0.62 mi).

bobbym · 2014-11-01 01:05:11

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-11-02 00:47:13

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The Answers:-

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The Answer #5230 is also correct (fog). Excellent!

#5231. Name the term in Ethnology : A person of mixed racial ancestry, especially of mixed European and Native American ancestry.

#5232. Name the term / phrase :- (Astronomy) the sun visible at midnight during local summer inside the Arctic and Antarctic circles.

bobbym · 2014-11-02 02:06:57

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-11-03 00:25:45

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The Answer #5232 is correct (Midnight Sun)! Brilliant!

#5233. Name the term in General Physics: an image of a distant object or sheet of water, often inverted or distorted, caused by atmospheric refraction by hot air; something illusory.

#5234. Name the term in Genetics : a person having one Black and one White parent; (Peoples) a person having one Black and one White parent.

bobbym · 2014-11-03 04:47:42

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-11-04 00:54:57

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The Answers :-

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The Answer #5233 is correct. Excellent!

#5235. Name the Geographical term/phrase :- A tide that occurs when the difference between high and low tide is least; the lowest level of high tide. It comes twice a month, in the first and third quarters of the moon.

#5236. Name the Geographical term/phrase : Continuous, directed movement of seawater generated by the forces acting upon this mean flow, such as breaking waves, wind, Coriolis effect, cabbeling, temperature and salinity differences, with tides caused by the gravitational pull of the Moon and the Sun.

bobbym · 2014-11-04 05:41:51

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-11-04 23:50:49

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The Answer

The Answer #5236 is correct. Brilliant!

#5237. Name the Geographical term :- Physical Geography - a fertile patch in a desert occurring where the water table approaches or reaches the ground surface.

#5238. Name the Geographical term:- A vast plain of south-central South America extending for about 1,610 kilometers (1,000 miles) from the lower Paraná River to south-central Argentina southwest of Buenos Aires.

bobbym · 2014-11-05 02:48:18

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-11-06 00:32:04

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The Answers #5237 and #5238 are both correct. Fantastic!

#5239. Name the Geological term : Rock crystallized from magma slowly cooling below the surface of the Earth. They include batholiths, stocks, dikes, sills, laccoliths, lopoliths, and other igneous bodies. In practice, they usually refers to a distinctive mass of igneous rock, typically several kilometers in dimension, without a tabular shape like those of dikes and sills.

#5240. Name the Term in In Geology and earth science : They are also called a high plain or tableland, they are an area of highland, usually consisting of relatively flat terrain. They can be formed by a number of processes, including upwelling of volcanic magma, extrusion of lava, and erosion by water and glaciers. Magma rises from the mantle causing the ground to swell upward, in this way large, flat areas of rock are uplifted.

bobbym · 2014-11-06 03:29:01

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-11-06 23:06:24

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The Answers :- #5239 - Plutonic Rock or Pluton; #5240 - Pleateu.

The Answer #5240 is correct. Excellent!

#5241 and #5242. Two of the longest words in English Dictionary are plauinasinihilipihilification and antiestablishmentarianism. What do they mean?

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page

bobbym · 2014-11-07 03:32:01

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-11-07 11:56:57

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#5243. Name the Geographical term :- a shallow part of a riverbed, usually having the appearance of a ridge with a gently sloping surface in the direction of flow and a steep escarpment facing downstream. It forms because of uneven riverbed scour. During periods of seasonal high water or when freshets occur, a head of water builds up at the bar in the deeper levels of the flowage, creating favorable conditions for deposition and leading to growth of the bar.

#5244. Name the Geohraphical term/phrase : name applied, especially by sailors, to the latitudes between 40°S and 50°S, where the prevailing westerly winds are strong and steady. Unlike the winds in the Northern Hemisphere, they are not impeded by large land areas.

bobbym · 2014-11-07 20:15:04

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Jai Ganesh · 2014-11-08 00:18:48

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The Answers :- #5243 : River Bar and #5244 - Roaring forties.

#5245. Find the Geographical term :- a ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or near lakes and oceans.

#5246. Name the Geographical term :- A part of the northern Atlantic Ocean between the West Indies and the Azores. The relatively calm sea is noted for the abundance of gulfweed floating on its surface.

bobbym · 2014-11-08 00:58:51

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