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  1. The Pyrenees mountains are located on the border between ____ and ____

  2. A.

     Romania, Bulgaria

    B.

     Norway, Sweden

    C.

     Hungary, Romania

    D.

     France, Spain

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  3. The process of evaporation of water in nature is one of the basic components of the hydrological cycle. The other process that is considered to be essential for the completion of hydrological cycle is the

  4. A.

     flow tide and ebb tide in a river

    B.

     movement of water vapour in the atmosphere

    C.

     flow of water in the sea

    D.

     movement of water in the water table

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  5. The ocean water is saline due to

  6. A.

     evaporation of its surface

    B.

     volume of fresh water added by rainfall

    C.

     salts are already present in sea water

    D.

     both (a) and (b)

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  7. The platform and the basement rock together form

  8. A.

     craton

    B.

     shield

    C.

     both (a) and (b)

    D.

     None of the above

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  9. The process that explains the recent changes in the height of sea level in coastal areas of eastern and northern Canada and Scandinavia is

  10. A.

     isostasy

    B.

     continental drift

    C.

     plate tectonics

    D.

     None of the above

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  11. The planet with the maximum number of natural satellites (moons), so far discovered is

  12. A.

     Jupiter

    B.

     Neptune

    C.

     Saturn

    D.

     Uranus

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  13. The river Jordan drains into the

  14. A.

     Dead Sea

    B.

     Adriatic Garden

    C.

     Gulf of Suez

    D.

     Resaca Garden

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  15. The ratio of land to ocean in the southern hemisphere is

  16. A.

     1 to 1.5

    B.

     1 to 1

    C.

     1 to 4

    D.

     1 to 10

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  17. The phosphate are a group of minerals of one or more metallic elements chemically associated with the phosphate compound ____

  18. A.

     PO4

    B.

     PO3

    C.

     PO2

    D.

     PO

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  19. The polar diameter is ____ to the equatorial diameter.

  20. A.

     more

    B.

     equal

    C.

     less

    D.

     they cannot be compared

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