Distribution of Ocean and Continents

Polar fleeing force relates to:

• a. REVOLUTION OF THE EARTH

• b. GRAVITATION

• c. ROTATION OF THE EARTH

• d. TIDES

Which one of the following is not a minor plate?

• Nazca

• Arabia

• Philippines

• Antarctica

Which one of the following is the type of plate boundary of the Indian plate along the Himalayan Mountains?

• Ocean-continent convergence

• Divergent boundary

• Transform boundary

• Continent-continent convergence.

Name the smallest continent.

• Asia

• Europe

• Africa

• Australia.

Which country has gold bearing veins?

• Australia

• Russia

• Brazil

• South Africa.

By which method have facilitated correlating the rock formation from different continents across oceans?

• The radiometric dating methods

• Carbon 14 method

• Radioactive method

• Fling Method

What percent of the earth is covered with land and water respectively?

• 29% of the earth is covered with land and 71% is covered with water

• 71% of the earth is covered with land and 29% is covered with water.

• 36% of the earth is covered with land and 64% is covered with water.

• 64% of the earth is covered with land and 36% is covered with water

What was the name given by Alfred Wegener to a large continent surrounded with water?

• Pangaea

• Panthalassa

• Angaraland

• Gondwanaland

Who was the profounder of continental drift theory?

• Arthur Holmes

• McKenzie, Parker and Morgan

• Admans Heinz

• Alfred Wegener.

What was the name given to massive ocean by Wegener?

• Pangaea

• Panthalassa

• Angara land

• Gondwanaland.