Journey to the end of the Earth Part 1

Who is the author of the lesson?

• Tishani Doshi
• Kamla Das
• Jane Austen
• Chitra Das

What does the lesson revolve around?

• It revolves around the world
• tourism
• children and their tour
• the world’s most preserved place, Antarctica

What is the purpose of The Journey to the world’s most preserved place, Antarctica?

• to tour the world
• to see the beauty of the earth
• to know the geography more closely
• to sensitize the young minds towards climatic change

How will the geographical phenomena help us to know the history of mankind?

• by telling the age of existence of human beings on the earth
• by showing the global warming
• by showing the imapcts of global warming
• none

Why is a visit to Antartica important to understand the effect of global warming?

• because here one can see quickly melting glaciers and collapsing ice-shelves
• because it is filled with snow
• because it is away from urban rush
• None

What is there in Antarctica?

• man's history
• snow's history
• geographical history
• Geological history

Which programme aimed to take high school students to the end of the world?

• The author's delight
• Teachers delight
• School program
• Geoff Green's 'Students on Ice' programme

Why did Geoff decide to take high school students on the journey?

• to make them tour the world
• to make them enjoy
• to make them feel relaxed
• to make them understand their planet and respect it.

Why is the Antarctica the right place to understand the past, present and future?

• because half million-year-old carbon records are trapped in its layers of ice.

• because of layers of ice

• because of cold

• none

Why did the author visit Antarctica?

• to have a better understanding of the planet
• to see the white expanse
• to enjoy the cold weather
• none