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Humboldt lived during:Read the answer and worked solution →The branch of physical geography devoted to landforms and their evolution is:Read the answer and worked solution →Which branch studies the realm of water over the earth's surface?Read the answer and worked solution →Geo-informatics comprises techniques such as GIS, GPS and:Read the answer and worked solution →Regional studies comprise macro, meso and:Read the answer and worked solution →Soils are formed through the process of:Read the answer and worked solution →India has developed technology to collect which mineral nodules from the ocean bed?Read the answer and worked solution →Who defined geography as the description and explanation of the areal differentiation of the earth's surface?Read the answer and worked solution →Plant geography, zoo geography and ecology together form:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch physical geographyRead the answer and worked solution →Pop human geographyRead the answer and worked solution →Run the geographersRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the geography wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Natural or social scienceRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the branchesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Geography as a discipline bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The outer crust of the Earth is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Water covers about what share of the Earth's surface?Read the answer and worked solution →On Venus and Mars, carbon dioxide forms what share of the atmosphere?Read the answer and worked solution →With no atmosphere, the Moon's surface temperature ranges from minus 190 degrees Celsius up to:Read the answer and worked solution →In coastal regions during the day, wind blows from:Read the answer and worked solution →Air rising over heated land during the day creates a region of:Read the answer and worked solution →Water vapour condenses into cloud droplets around which particles acting as nuclei?Read the answer and worked solution →In large parts of India, rains are brought by the north-east monsoon and the:Read the answer and worked solution →Organisms very sensitive to sulphur dioxide levels, used as air pollution indicators, are:Read the answer and worked solution →Fresh water is found frozen in the ice-caps at the:Read the answer and worked solution →Terrestrial life-forms need fresh water because their bodies cannot tolerate high amounts of:Read the answer and worked solution →Paper industries release which poisonous substance into water bodies?Read the answer and worked solution →Sudden release of cold water from deep dam reservoirs harms aquatic life by changing:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Humboldt lived during:

  1. 1669 to 1759
  2. 1869 to 1959
  3. 1569 to 1659
  4. 1769 to 1859
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Correct answer: D. 1769 to 1859

1. He was a German geographer. 2. His dates are 1769 to 1859. 3. He founded systematic geography. _Source: syllabus Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter 1, Geography as a Discipline._

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The branch of physical geography devoted to landforms and their evolution is:

  1. Geomorphology
  2. Climatology
  3. Oceanography
  4. Soil geography
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Correct answer: A. Geomorphology

1. Climatology studies weather and climate. 2. Geomorphology studies landforms. 3. It links with geology. _Source: syllabus Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter 1, Geography as a Discipline._

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Which branch studies the realm of water over the earth's surface?

  1. Cartography
  2. Hydrology
  3. Geomorphology
  4. Climatology
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Correct answer: B. Hydrology

1. It covers oceans, lakes and rivers. 2. Hydrology is the branch. 3. Oceanography derives from it. _Source: syllabus Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter 1, Geography as a Discipline._

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