Description : What are some interesting facts about polar regions?
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Description : What is A long period of climate cooling during which ice sheets spread beyond the polar regions is called a?
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Description : Why do rabbits from polar regions have white fur?
Last Answer : Why do rabbits from polar regions have white fur.
Description : Why are the equatorial places getting hotter and hotter but nor the polar regions getting any colder?
Last Answer : What is the answer ?
Description : Belt of Doldrums exists in which of the following regions? (a) Polar region (b) Equatorial region (c) Sub-Polar region (d) Sub-Tropical region
Last Answer : Ans: (b)
Description : How different are reptiles and birds concerning the maintenance of body temperature? Are birds rare in polar regions?
Last Answer : Reptiles are heterothermic, i.e., they do not control their body temperature. Birds however are the first homeothermic animals, they are able to maintain their body temperature constant. There are many birds that live in intense cold regions. Penguins are examples of birds that live in polar region.
Description : What is an example of a hypothesis which may explain why there is not a big representation of the class Reptilia found in polar regions?
Last Answer : Beings of the class Reptilia are abundant and more diverse in hot climate regions and they are rare in intensely cold regions like close to the earth poles. This is explained because these animals are ... active during the day, a period when they can use the sun heat to warm their bodies.
Description : Which one of the following parts of the world does not receive rainfall any time of the year? (1) Central Europe (2) Central North America (3) Polar regions (4) Sub-Saharan areas
Last Answer : (3) Polar regions Explanation: The amount of precipitation in a given region depends on the amount of available atmospheric water vapour (precipitable water), as well as on the processes that cause condensation, in ... , the earth's surface would be covered, on average, with a 25 mm layer of water.
Description : The polar regions are sparsely populated because of - (1) lack of minerals (2) unsuitable climatic conditions (3) infertile land (4) mountainous topography
Last Answer : (2) unsuitable climatic conditions Explanation: The population density is low in polar regions because the climate is too cold and harsh for people to survive there. The polar regions such as the ... or no vegetation to support the resident population. Most of the polar regions are cold deserts.
Description : Which one of the following is called North-easter? (1) Cold and fast-blowing winds in northern hemisphere that move from sub-polar to polar regions (2) Cold and fast-blowing winds in ... -blowing winds from the polar region in northern hemisphere (4) Winds blowing towards Kazakhstan in Central Asia
Last Answer : (3) Cold and fast-blowing winds from the polar region in northern hemisphere Explanation: The polar easterlies are the dry, cold prevailing winds that blow from the highpressure areas of the polar ... an equator ward out flow of air: that outflow is then deflected westward by the Coriolis Effect.
Description : Very strong and cold icy winds that blow in the Polar regions are called – (1) Typhoons (2) Tornadoes (3) Blizzards (4) Polar winds
Last Answer : (3) Blizzards Explanation: A blizzard is a severe snowstorm characterized by strong winds and low temperatures. The difference between a blizzard and a snowstorm is the strength of the wind. To be a ... mile or less and must last for a prolonged period of time - typically three hours or more.
Description : Rubber plantations are found in – (1) Temperate forests (2) Mountain regions (3) Polar regions (4) Equatorial regions
Last Answer : (4) Equatorial regions Explanation: The rubber plant grows wild in the equatorial regions of the world which are marked by rainfall of around 250 cm evenly distributed without any marked dry ... , Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, together account for around 72% of all natural rubber production.
Description : Which of the following is least likely to be an effect of global warming? (1 ) Increased frequency of hurricanes (2) Loss of fertile delta region as for agriculture (3) Decreased rate of photosynthesis in vegetation (4) Shrinking of the polar ice regions
Last Answer : (3) Decreased rate of photosynthesis in vegetation Explanation: Global warming is the current increase in temperature of the Earth's surface (both land and water) as well as it's atmosphere. ... . However, the gradual heating of Earth's surface, oceans and atmosphere will not affect photosynthesis.
Description : In what region of the world is sporadic-E most prevalent? A. The equatorial regions B. The northern hemisphere C. The arctic regions D. The polar regions
Last Answer : A. The equatorial regions
Description : Which Very strong and cold icy winds that blow in the Polar regions?
Last Answer : Blizzards
Description : Pick out the wrong statement (A) Low ozone layer thickness in polar regions is due to cold climatic conditions (B) Amount of unburnt hydrocarbons emitted by two stroke petrol engine is more ... can enter the blood stream & the digestive system/ lungs and is responsible for causing Minamata disease
Last Answer : (D) Mercury as a pollutant can enter the blood stream & the digestive system/ lungs and is responsible for causing Minamata disease
Description : In tropical regions, (A) The surface gets heated more effectively than the arctic areas (B) After heating, the air becomes lighter and is displaced by cool air from the polar regions (C) The rising tropical air flows towards the polar region in the upper strata (D) All of the above
Last Answer : (D) All of the above
Description : Which one of the following is not a major characteristic feature of biodiversity hot spots? A. Large number of species B. Abundance of endemic species C. Mostly located in the tropics D. Mostly located in the polar regions
Last Answer : D. Mostly located in the polar regions
Description : Which of the following is least likely to be an effect of global warming? (1) Increased frequency of hurricanes (2) Loss of fertile delta region as for agriculture (3) Decreased rate of photosynthesis in vegetation (4) Shrinking of the polar ice regions
Last Answer : Decreased rate of photosynthesis in vegetation
Description : The polar regions are sparsely populated because of (1) lack of minerals (2) unsuitable climatic conditions (3) infertile land (4) mountainous topography
Last Answer : unsuitable climatic conditions
Description : Which one of the following parts of the world does not receive rainfall any time of the year ? (1) Central Europe (2) Central North America (3) Polar regions (4) Sub-Saharan areas
Last Answer : Polar regions
Description : Rubber plantations are found in (1) Temperate forests (2) Mountain regions (3) Polar regions (4) Equatorial regions
Last Answer : Equatorial regions
Last Answer : Cold and fast-blowing winds from the polar region in northern hemisphere
Description : Very strong and cold icy winds that blow in the Polar regions are called (1) Typhoons (2) Tornadoes (3) Blizzards (4) Polar winds
Description : What animals share the same class as a polar bear?
Description : Why do animals in the polar region have thick fur and skin?
Last Answer : The animals in the polar regions have thick fur and thick skin to protect themselves from the cold climatic conditions.
Description : The fur of the animals living in colder regions – (1) protects them from water (2) traps the air and keeps them warm (3) protects them from enemies (4) makes them appear beautiful
Last Answer : (2) traps the air and keeps them warm Explanation: The fur of the animals living in colder regions traps the air and keeps them warm. Physical Geography (Set: 05)
Description : Which of the following statements is incorrect? (a) Some tissues in plants divide throughout the life (b) Cell growth in animals is more uniform as compared to plants (c) Animals have more ... as compared to plants (d) There is no demarcation of dividing and nondividing regions in animals
Last Answer : (c) Animals have more dead tissues as compared to plants
Description : The fur of the animals living in colder regions (1) protects them from water (2) traps the air and keeps them warm (3) protects them from enemies (4) makes them appear beautiful
Last Answer : traps the air and keeps them warm
Description : Hidden in the poem below, a female's name you'll seek; just read and listen to the rhyme, but please, don't take a week! MYSTERY POEM: Polar bears live at the North Pole they say, and penguins all live ... away, or they'd end up in polar bear's mouth! What is the female's name you hear? -Riddles
Last Answer : OLIVE.
Description : Where do polar bears live..?
Last Answer : Where polar bears DO live:Polar bears range throughout the circumpolar extreme northern hemisphere in the Arctic regions where they can hunt their prey (seals) at open leads. The five "polar bear nations," in ... in cold water their fur on their body keeps them warm so they don't freeze.??canada
Description : What group of plants are best adapted to live in regions where the layer of soil beneath the surface stays frozen all the time?
Description : Why might a large part of the regions population live on the northern European plain?
Last Answer : vv