Physiography of Africa

Q. The highest peak in the Atlas Mountain Range is _____.

1. Mount Everest
2. Mount Kilimanjaro
3. Mount Fuji
4. Mount Toubkal

Q. The world's largest hot desert is _____.

1. the Sahara desert
2. the Thar desert
3. the Gobi desert
4. the Atacama desert

Q. The Kalahari desert is home to the _______ tree which is a protected species in South Africa.

1. cocoa
2. banyan
3. coconut
4. camelthorn

Q. The Ethiopian Highlands are found in the _____ which forms the highest part of African plateaus.

1. north
2. east
3. west
4. south

Q. The ______ is often called the Roof of Africa due to its elevation and vast area.

1. Ethiopian Highlands
2. Prairies
3. Steppes
4. Sahara desert

Q. Give a brief description of the Capital of Queensland.

Q. The East African Plateau has an elevation between _______.

1. 1, 000 m to 1, 500 m
2. 1, 500 m to 4, 500 m
3. 2, 000 m to 2, 500 m
4. 2, 000 m to 3, 000 m

Q.

A bird’s nest is $12$ feet above the ground. A mole’s den is $12$ inches below the ground. What is the difference in height of these two positions?

Q. The coastline of Africa stretches for about _____.

1. 50, 000 km
2. 60, 500 km
3. 30, 500 km
4. 70, 400 km

Q. A _____ is a type of lowland between two landmasses that is formed because of the movement of tectonic plates.

1. plain
2. desert
3. rift valley
4. mountain valley

Q. Ghana is one of the countries that the Great Rift Valley cuts through.

1. True
2. False

Q. Write T for true statement and F for the false one. Correct the false statement(s).

1. Factors such as temperature, rainfall, and humidity determine the weather of a place.
2. The axis about which the Earth rotates is at a tilt with the plane of its orbit about the Sun.
3. The distance of a place from the equator depends on its altitude.
4. The higher a place, the hotter it is.
5. Places near the sea coast generally have a lower humidity than places far away from the sea.

Q. Is the largest desert in the worldreallytheSahara Desert?

Q. Regions near the _____ are the hottest since the Sun's rays fall directly there.

1. poles
2. oceans
3. equator
4. tropics