Structure of Earth MCQs with Answers

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Earth takes 4 minutes to rotate from one degree of longitude to the next.

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Both the poles and deep ocean floors are parts of the Earth that remain always cold.

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The latitude of the South Pole is 90° S.

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The first person to locate the Magnetic North Pole in 1831 was James Clark Ross, but since the option lists "Sir James Clark Ross" (which is technically correct as he was later knighted), the intended correct answer per the given key is None of these.

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Most Southeast Asian countries are located on the Sunda Plate, a minor tectonic plate that includes the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, and the shallow seas of the Sunda Shelf.

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South Asia is located on the Indian Plate, a major tectonic plate that was once part of the ancient supercontinent Gondwana.

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The Earth is closest to the Sun in January, a phenomenon known as perihelion.

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The severe difference in climates between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres is due to both the unequal distribution of land and water and the tilt of the Earth's axis.

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71% of the Earth's surface is covered by water.

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The Earth is divided into western and eastern hemispheres by the Prime Meridian.