The Science Quiz: Don't go to these places for summer break
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1 / 6 | Visual: The red dot here shows the location of the world's third-deepest trench, off the Philippines. It shares its name with a ship that bombed Chennai (then Madras) during World War I. Name it.
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Answer : Emden SHOW ANSWER
2 / 6 | Mount ____, named for a famous Nordic god, in Canada features the world's largest vertical drop. While it's 1.6 km tall, it features a cliff at 1.2 km that juts out from the base by about 5 degrees, making it a destination for extreme climbers. Fill in the blank.
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Answer : Thor SHOW ANSWER
3 / 6 | The Shina people of Pakistan call this mountain the 'king of mountains'. The mountain has three faces: Diamir, Rakhiot, and Rupal. Of them, Rakhiot has one of the world's steepest mountain slopes while Rupal is the world's highest mountain face. Name the mountain.
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Answer : Nanga Parbat SHOW ANSWER
4 / 6 | The name of this place in Greece has the same root as the English word 'meteor'. It features towering columns of rock up to 400 metres high. Geologists don't exactly know how they took shape. Name the place.
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Answer : Meteora SHOW ANSWER
5 / 6 | The _______ __________ is Africa's third lowest-lying area because three tectonic plates are moving away from each other here, including those bearing Africa and Asia. Many palaeontologists believe the earth's first humans evolved here. Fill in the blanks.
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Answer : Danakil Depression SHOW ANSWER
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