Gondwanaland was named by
Eduard Suess
Charles Lapworth
Edward A. Irving
Bruce C. Heezen
The earth's crust surrounded by the thick blanket of air is
mantle
core
atmosphere
ozone
________ are the result of strain in the rocks of crust and mantle.
Volcanoes
Differentiation
Earthquakes
Continental drift
As we go deep into the interior of the earth, the temperature increases but as we go deep into water, temperature _______.
Decreases
Increases
Remains the same
Falls to zero degree centigrade
First life originated from
Living organic material
Non - living organic material
Living inorganic material
Non - living inorganic material
________ type of rock is contained in the crust under the continents.
Granite
Dolomite
Basalt
Igneous
Which among the following is a unit of distance for expressing astronomical distances?
Kilometer
Light year
Miles
Feet
In the outer core of the earth, iron exists in a _________ condition .
Solid
Gaseous
Molten
Plasma
The petrified remnant of a past life is called
Igneous rock
Mantle
Lava
Fossil
Name the supercontinent in the Northern Hemisphere about 400 million years ago.
Laurasia
Gondwanaland
Pangea
Magma