Geography and Earth Science Quiz

The earth's radius is about :

• 5370 kms

• 6370 kms

• 8000 kms

• 9000 kms

Which of the following is not a major plate?

• Pacific plate

• Cocos plate

• African plate

• Eurasian plate

Earth's lithosphere is divided into ___________ major and several minor plates.

• Six

• Seven

• Ten

• Eleven

Pacific Ocean zone is also called:

• Ring of Fire

• Ball of Fire

• Fire rain area

• Volcanic area

The super-continent from which all landmasses of the world have formed

• Volcanoes

• Pangaea

• Continents

• Oceans

Identify the scientist who gave the Big Bang theory?

• Kant

• Chamberlain

• Edwin Hubble

• none of them

_---------------- was the first person to propose the possibility of drifting of continents.

• Alfred Wegner

• Alexander Von Humboldt

• Abraham Ortelius

• Antonio Pellegrini

The 'steady state' concept of universe is given by whom?

• Fred Hoyle

• Chamberlin & Moulton

• Edwin Hubble

• Eratosthenes

The nebular hypothesis was proposed by:

• Immanuel Kant

• Aristotle

• Chamberlain

• none of these

In 1912, Alfred Wegner put forth the ………………

• Oceans Drift Theory

• Mountain Drift Theory

• Continental drift theory

• Valley Drift Theory