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Which trench contains Challenger Deep?
A. Peru-Chile Trench
B. Mariana Trench
C. Aleutian Trench
D. Philippine Trench
Correct Answer: B
Challenger Deep is within the Mariana Trench.
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What is the lowest point in the contiguous United States?
A. Mount Whitney
B. Salton Sea shore
C. Badwater Basin
D. Great Salt Lake
Correct Answer: C
Badwater Basin in Death Valley is the lowest point in the contiguous U.S.
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Which sea is famous for being one of the saltiest large natural bodies of water and at Earth's lowest exposed land depression?
A. Baltic Sea
B. Black Sea
C. Dead Sea
D. North Sea
Correct Answer: C
The Dead Sea occupies a deep continental depression and is hypersaline.
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What is the Kelvin value of absolute zero?
A. −273 K
B. 0 K
C. 100 K
D. 273.15 K
Correct Answer: B
The Kelvin scale begins at absolute zero.
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What is the lowest natural temperature theoretically possible?
A. Absolute zero
B. −100°C
C. −273°C exactly by definition in Celsius
D. 0°C
Correct Answer: A
Absolute zero is 0 K, equal to −273.15°C.
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What is the lowest point in Australia?
A. Lake Torrens
B. Murray River mouth
C. Great Artesian Basin
D. Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre
Correct Answer: D
Lake Eyre's lowest areas lie about 15 m below sea level.
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What is the lowest point in Africa?
A. Danakil summit
B. Lake Assal, Djibouti
C. Qattara Depression
D. Lake Chad
Correct Answer: B
Lake Assal is Africa's lowest land point, around 155 m below sea level.
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What is the lowest point in North America?
A. Death Valley summit
B. Salton Sea
C. Badwater Basin, Death Valley
D. Great Salt Lake
Correct Answer: C
Badwater Basin in California lies about 86 m below sea level.
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Which country contains much of the Dead Sea's eastern shore?
A. Egypt
B. Jordan
C. Lebanon
D. Türkiye
Correct Answer: B
Jordan borders the Dead Sea on the east, while Israel and the West Bank lie to the west.
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In which ocean is the Mariana Trench located?
A. Pacific Ocean
B. Atlantic Ocean
C. Arctic Ocean
D. Indian Ocean
Correct Answer: A
The Mariana Trench lies in the western Pacific.
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What is the deepest known point in Earth's oceans?
A. Challenger Deep
B. Tonga Trench
C. Java Trench
D. Puerto Rico Trench
Correct Answer: A
Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench is the deepest known ocean point.
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What is the lowest exposed land point on Earth?
A. Danakil Depression
B. Shore of the Dead Sea
C. Death Valley
D. Caspian Depression
Correct Answer: B
The Dead Sea shoreline is the lowest exposed land surface, more than 400 m below sea level.