General Knowledge :: Earth
- One degree of longitude on the equator is equal to a distance of ________
- How much is the difference of time between any two consecutive longitudes?
- Albedo is defined as ________
- When the clock strikes 12:00 noon at Greenwich, it strikes 5:30 p.m. at place X on the same day. What is the meridian of longitude of place X ?
- The speed of rotation of the earth is ________
- The area of the Earth's total surface is of the order of ________.
- The distance of the equator from either of the poles is ________
- The Earth rotates-around an axis pointing towards ________
- When a ship crosses Date line from west to east ________
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UV radiations sent out by the SUN |
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A substance contained in the upper atmospheric layers of the earth, which is responsible for the reflection of/a part of solar radiations |
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Celestial bodies in earth's atmosphere which add to the greenhouse effect |
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The amount of insolation reflected back to the space by the top of atmosphere, by clouds and ice-covered areas of the Earth's surface |