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521.

Hydrosphere refers to:

A.	an area of atmosphere	B.	all of earth's water
C.	an area in the earth	D.	none of these

522.

Name permanent blanket of ice which is larger than a glacier and smaller than an ice sheet?

A.	Ice cover	B.	Ice blanket
C.	Ice layer	D.	Ice cap

523.

Which of the following is an extensive area of continuous sea ice. Same term is also sometimes used to describe large areas of land ice?

A.	Ice shield	B.	Ice cover
C.	Ice cap	D.	Ice land

524.

A huge, thick mass of ice completely covers large area of land and spreads outwards in all directions under its own weight. What is it called?

A.	Ice cap	B.	Ice sheet
C.	Ice cover	D.	Ice shelf

525.

What is called sheet of thick ice whose one side is attached to land and other extends for a great distance into the sea?

A.	Ice sheet	B.	Ice cap
C.	Ice shelf	D.	Ice cover

526.

What is called huge block of floating ice that has broken from a glacier or ice sheet?

A.	Ice shelf	B.	Ice flaunt
C.	Iceberg	D.	Ice piece

527.

For which of the following purposes the term inlet is used?

A.	Narrow passage of water that reaches into coastline	B.	Narrow waterway between islands
C.	Both of them	D.	None of them

528.

The earth's 'inner core', the innermost part of planet's thickness is about 1,600 kilometres. Temperatures of the inner core may reach 5,500?c. By which elements is it made?

A.	Iron	B.	Nickel
C.	Both of them	D.	None of them

529.

Which phrase is used for an imaginary line drawn close to the 180th meridian to indicate the point where the transpacific voyage?

A.	International date line	B.	Meridian line
C.	International day line	D.	International date change line

530.

What is called that area of land smaller than continent and completely surrounded by water?

A.	Peninsula	B.	Island
C.	Archipelago	D.	Atoll