Description : What region of the earth near the equator receives the most solar energy'?
Last Answer : The Atacama desert
Description : Which of the following statement is false? a.The potential energy of a particle has the form Ep = k2x. The force acting on the particle is constant (k is a constant) b.The linear velocity of ... zag path while ascending a steep hill e.The density of milk decreases when cream is taken out of milk
Last Answer : e. The density of milk decreases when cream is taken out of milk
Description : The net effect of circulation is to move warm air from the and thus moderate the equator-to-pole energy gradient created by . (a) the tropics to the poles; the difference insolation absorbed in ... from the surface up to the tropopause; more heating in the atmosphere than at the surface from GHGs
Last Answer : the tropics to the poles; the latitudinal distribution of absorbed insolation
Description : I fly in the air, But I am not always there. I cannot be touched, But I can be felt or held. Think very hard, But if you live near the equator, You may have a tough time seeing me. What am I? -Riddles
Last Answer : Your breath.
Description : what crops can i grow near the equator?
Last Answer : The crops you can grow near the equator are sweet potato, tea, rice, durians ,chilli, mangoes, basically some tropical fruits, some starches.
Description : How does the region's location near equator affects its climate?
Last Answer : the earths atmosphere depends where u are like an example,hawii
Description : What are the advantages of being near the equator?
Last Answer : it's summer all year round so it never gets cold, if that issomething you like
Description : What is A forest or jungle near the equator that is characterized by large amounts of rain and little variation in temperature and that contains the greatest known diversity of organisms?
Last Answer : Such a forest is called a Tropical Rain Forest
Description : What types of plants live near the equator?
Last Answer : Feel Free to Answer
Description : Why day neutral and long day plants grow best in countries near the equator?
Last Answer : It's warmer near the equator. There is more sunlight there.
Description : What Near the equator?
Last Answer : Total there are 12 country Ecuador,columbia, Brazil, kiribati,nauru ,Indonesia and In Africa there are 6 countries near equator-gabon , congo, democratic republic of congo, Uganda, keyna,somalia.
Description : If you stood at a place near the equator and dropped a book which direction would it fall?
Last Answer : What is the answer ?
Description : What causes ocean water near the poles to be colder than water near the equator?
Last Answer : the sun's rays strike the water at a angle at the polesAPEX
Description : Are areas near the equator are warmed more than the areas closer to the poles?
Last Answer : Yes they are.
Description : Why is surface winds generally weak near the equator?
Last Answer : Because the earth is so warm at the equator, air is constantly rising, so the movement is convective or vertical, not horizonal. The result of all of that air rising is a nearly daily deluge of rain and the formation of the earth's rainforests.
Description : What moist air masses that form near the equator are called?
Last Answer : maritime tropical
Description : Is New York City New York near the equator?
Last Answer : No, it is not.
Description : Is Kingston Jamaica near the equator?
Last Answer : 18 degrees north of the equator
Description : What is the International Date Line? (a) An imaginary line connecting places of the same altitude (b) It is 180º Meridian from Greenwich (c) Region within 5º of the Equator (d) None of these
Last Answer : Ans: (b)
Description : Equator is a region of _______ pressure while poles are regions of _____pressure a) High, low b) Low, high c) Low, low d) High, high
Last Answer : a) High, low
Description : Green House Effect' means (1) Pollution in houses in tropical region (2) Prevention of ultraviolet radiation by the ozone layer (3) Trapping of solar energy due to atmospheric gases (4) Damage to green painted buildings
Last Answer : (3) Trapping of solar energy due to atmospheric gases Explanation: The greenhouse effect occurs when Earth's atmosphere traps solar radiation because of the presence of certain gases, causing the ... , nitrous oxide (N2O) and other gases, ac-cording to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA
Description : Green House Effect’ means (1) Pollution in houses in tropical region (2) Prevention of ultraviolet radiation by the ozone layer (3) Trapping of solar energy due to atmospheric gases (4) Damage to green painted buildings
Last Answer : Trapping of solar energy due to atmospheric gases
Description : How many tennis balls, lined up one after the other, would it take to circle the earth at the Equator?
Last Answer : The beauty of wolfram. (Except for the fail of URLs sometimes.) http://goo.gl/JLaFf
Description : The weight of an object will be maximum when it is placed at a.North pole b.South pole c.Equator d.Centre of earth e.Any of the above loctions
Last Answer : d. Centre of earth
Description : The gravitational field intensity is maximum at the a.107 dynes b.at a height above the surface c.pole d.equator e.centre of the earth
Last Answer : e. centre of the earth
Description : What is sunlight strikes earth above or below the equator in the shape of an?
Description : What is location on earth relative to equator?
Last Answer : latitude
Description : India's latitudinal and longitudinal extent measured in degrees are almost the same, but its north-south extent measured in km is greater than its east-west extent. This is due to the fact that (a) ... (c) all longitudes with their opposites form great circles (d) the earth is not a perfect sphere
Description : The weight of an object at the poles is greater than at the equator. This is because (a) Of the shape of the earth (b) The attraction of the moon is maximum at the earth’s surface (c) The attraction of the sun is maximum at the earth’s surface (d) Gravitational pull is more at the poles
Last Answer : Ans:(d)
Description : Let WP and WE be the weights of a body at the north pole and at the equator, respectively. If the earth were not rotating then (a) WP would be more (b) WP would remain unchanged (c) WE would remain unchanged (d) WE would be less
Last Answer : Ans:(b)
Description : A body weighs slightly more at the poles than at the equator because (a) the earth is flat at the poles. (b) the earth has the maximum speed of rotation at the equator (c) the attractive force at the poles increases due to the ice cap (d) none of these is a complete explanation
Description : The weight of a body is 1. same everywhere on the surface of the earth 2. maximum at the poles 3. maximum at the equator 4. less on the hills than in the plains Which of the above statements is/are correct? (a) 1 only (b) 2 and 4 (c) 3 and 4 (d) None
Description : Equator represents – (1) line joining North and South poles (2) imaginary line passing round the Earth midway between North & South poles (3) a belt (ring) around the planet Saturn (4) axis of rotation of Earth
Last Answer : (2) imaginary line passing round the Earth midway between North & South poles Explanation: An equator is the intersection of a sphere's surface with the plane perpendicular to the sphere ... astronomical bodies have equators similarly defined. The length of the Equator is roughly 40,075 kilometres.
Description : Magnetic Meridian is a – (1) Line parallel to the equator of the Earth (2) Latitude (3) Line joining the geographic north and geographic south of Earth (4) Plane passing through the magnetic north and magnetic south of Earth
Last Answer : (4) Plane passing through the magnetic north and magnetic south of Earth Explanation: Magnetic Meridian is a line on the earth's surface approximating a great circle passing through the north and south ... lines along the surface of the earth. A compass needle is parallel to the magnetic meridian.
Description : The latitude of a place is expressed by its angular distance in relation to— (1) Equator (2) South Pole (3) Axis of the Earth (4) North Pole
Last Answer : (1) Equator Explanation: Latitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the north-south position of a point on the Earth's surface. The lines of constant latitude, or parallels, run east-west as circles ... defined below) which ranges from 0° at the Equator to 90° (North or South) at the poles.
Description : Intensity of gravitational field of earth is maximum at – (1) Poles (2) Equator (3) Centre of earth (4) Surface
Last Answer : (1) Poles Explanation: perfect sphere of spherically uniform density (density varies solely with distance from centre) would produce a gravitational field of uniform magnitude at all points on ... are consequently slight deviations in both the magnitude and direction of gravity across its surface.
Description : On planet Earth, there is no centrifugal force at the – (1) Equator (2) Tropic of Cancer (3) Tropic of Capricorn (4) Poles
Last Answer : (4) Poles Explanation: Some common examples of centrifugal force at work are mud flying off a tire and children feeling a force pushing them outwards while spinning on a roundabout.
Description : What is the propagation delay when a signal is transmitter by an earth station to a geosynchronous satellite about 38,500 km above earth’s equator and then received by the same earth station? A. 256 msec B. 128 msec C. 300 msec D. 400 msec
Last Answer : A. 256 msec
Description : A geostationary satellite appears standstill to a viewer on the equator of earth.
Last Answer : Ans: Because the distance remains the same.
Description : The Earth bulges out at equator. Why?
Last Answer : Ans: This is due to the shape of the earth. The earth is not a true sphere but it is an ellipsoid. The equatorial diameter of the earth is 12756.27 kms. While its polar diameter ... axis produces a centrifugal force which increases its equatorial diameter. That is why earth bulges at the equator.
Last Answer : Because these satellites are in the geosynchronous orbit (an orbit around the Earth with an orbital period matching the Earth's sidereal rotation period) Geostationary orbit is a type of geosynchronous orbit that is directly above the equator
Description : The largest latitude circle on earth is ----? A. Arctic circle B. Tropic of cancer C. Tropic of Capricorn D. The Equator (Answer)
Last Answer : D. The Equator (Answer)
Description : The Continent Antarctica lies at the-----? A. North pole B. South pole (Answer) C. middle of the earth D. Equator E. None of these
Last Answer : The Continent Antarctica lies at the-----?A. North poleB. South pole (Answer)C. middle of the earthD. EquatorE. None of these
Description : Which of the following is not true for Geostationary Satellite? (1) Its time period is 24 hrs (2) Its angular speed is equal to that of earth about its own axis (3) It is fixed in space (4) It revolves from west to east over the equator
Last Answer : It is fixed in space
Description : In the Earth, the weight of a body is maximum at the (1) North Pole(2) South Pole (3) Equator (4) Surface
Last Answer : Surface
Description : Intensity of gravitational field of earth is maximum at (1) Poles (2) Equator (3) Centre of earth (4) Surface
Last Answer : Poles
Description : Magnetic Meridian is a (1) Line parallel to the equator of the Earth (2) Latitude (3) Line joining the geographic north and geographic south of Earth (4) Plane passing through the magnetic north and magnetic south of Earth
Last Answer : Plane passing through the magnetic north and magnetic south of Earth