Earth We Live in

Which is the highest mountain range in the world ?

Himalayas are

In European continent which mountain is formed by collision of two plates ?

Which of the following statements is/are correct about block mountains ?

1. The block mountains are created when faults or cracks in the Earth's crust force materials or blocks of rocks upward or down. The uplifted blocks are Block Mountains or horsts.
2. The intervening dropped blocks are called graben, which can be small or form rift valley systems. These block mountains break up into chunks or blocks and move either up or down.

Which of the following statements is/are correct about dome mountains ?

1. Dome mountains are formed when large amounts of molten rock or magma push the earth’s crust from underneath. The magma in this case never reaches the top surface of the earth.
2. The Black hills of South Dakota in the USA and the Adirondack Mountains in New York are examples for Dome Mountains.

Which of the following statements is/are correct about fold mountains ?

1. Fold mountains are formed when two continental tectonic plates collide and their edges crumble to form mountains.
2. Vast mountain ranges stretching across thousands of kilometers are called Fold Mountains.

Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. A piece of land covered by water on one side is called s peninsula.
2. There are only 6 continents,

Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. 71% of the earth’s surface is covered by water.
2. There are five oceans on the earth.

Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. In northern hemisphere land and water ratio is 1:4.
2. In southern hemisphere land and water ratio is 1:1.

Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. The sea to the east of tamil nadu is Bay of Bengal.
2. The sea to the west of tamilnadu is Arabian sea.

Which of the following statements is/are wrong about indian ocean ?

1. It is the third largest ocean in the world.
2. India receives rainfall from the monsoon which originate from this ocean.

Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. A small stretch of water covering a huge area is called Ocean.
2. A large stretch of water covering a small area is called sea.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. For our convenience the oceans are divided into seas.
2. Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean and arctic ocean were the only oceans in the world.

Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. More than 71% of the earth’s surface is covered with water.
2. Due to this, the earth appears blue when seen from the space. Hence, the earth is called the ‘blue planet’.

Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. Atlantic Ocean has more abyssal plain more than the pacific ocean.
2. Abyssal plain located at a depth of 6,600 to 20,000 feet; it covers most of the ocean floor.

Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. The trade route of the Atlantic is considered as one of the worlds important route in the world.
2. In the Northern hemisphere large percentage of land is surrounded by  water.

Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. The depth of Antarctic ocean is 4500 meters.
2. The temperature in Antarctic varies between  Celsius to - Celsius.

Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. Trenches are formed by subduction, a geophysical process in which two or more of Earth's tectonic plates converge and the older, denser plate is pushed beneath the lighter plate and deep into the mantle, causing the seafloor and outermost crust to bend and form a steep, V-shaped depression.
2. Oceanic Trenches is the deepest part of the oceans.

Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. Sea water contains salts like sodium chloride , Magnesium chlorite , Magnesium sulphate , Calcium sulphate ,Potassium sulphate , Calcium carbonate and magnesium bromide.
2. Salinity is a measure of how much salt there is in water.

Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. Due to evaporation the salt in the seawater does not gets evaporated.so the salinity is higher in sea water.
2. When the temperature increases in the sea water the gases in water also increases.

Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. 99% sea salts are made up of six types of elements and compounds such as chlorine , sodium , sulphur , Magnesium , potassium and calcium.
2. Chlorine ions are more than 50% of the surface water found in sea water.

Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. A strait is a narrow stretch of water that connects two large water bodies.
2. An isthmus is a narrow strip of land connecting two large land masses.

Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. Eastern boundary currents are relatively shallow, broad and slow-flowing.
2. Western boundary currents are warm, deep, narrow, and fast flowing currents that form on the west side of ocean basins due to western intensification.

Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. Deep sea currents are driven by  density variation of sea water.
2. The difference in temperature and  salinity Makes the difference in the density of water in the oceans.

Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. Eastern boundary currents are relatively shallow, broad and slow-flowing. They are found on the eastern side of oceanic basins.
2. Western boundary currents are warm, deep, narrow, and fast flowing currents that form on the west side of ocean basins due to western intensification.

Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. "Neap" tides occur when the gravitational pull of the Moon and the Sun are perpendicular to one another with respect to the Earth - like the Sun overhead when the Moon is on the horizon and so on.
2. Neap tides are weak and low.

Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. A spring tide—popularly known as a "King Tide"—refers to the 'springing forth' of the tide during new and full moon.
2. A neap tide—seven days after a spring tide—refers to a period of moderate tides when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other.

Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. "Spring" tides occur when the gravitational pull of the Moon and the Sun are perpendicular to one another with respect to the Earth - like the Sun overhead when the Moon is on the horizon and so on.
2. The tide is the rising sea level every day by the gravity of the sun and moon.

Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. A coral "group" is a colony of myriad genetically identical polyps.
2. Each polyp is a sac-like animal typically only a few millimeters in diameter and a few centimeters in length.

Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. Corals are formed by the action of plants and animals.
2. Corals are marine invertebrates in the class Anthozoa of phylum Cnidaria.

Which of the following statements is/are correct ? Corals can be seen in high manner in the tropical and sub tropical oceans. Corals only grow where the temperature of water is between  Celsius to  Celsius.

Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. Coral reefs can be seen in between  North latitude and  south latitude.
2. Corals plays an important role of carbon di oxide gas levels in the atmosphere,

Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. Zooxanthellae are single-celled dinoflagellates that are able to live in symbiosis with marine invertebrates such as corals, jellyfish, and sea anemones.
2. Most known zooxanthellae are in the genus Symbiodinium but some are known from the genus Amphidinium, and other taxa, as yet unidentified, may have similar endosymbiont affinities.

Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. Zooxanthellae are not only responsible for providing energy via photosynthesis, but also take up nutrients released by the corals metabolism such as nitrogen and carbon dioxide.
2. 5000 years to 10000 years coral reef are referred as well developed coral reefs.

Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. Coral reefs is found the oceans between tropics to the polar region in the world.
2. Corals are scattered in the western atlantic and the indian-pacific ocean.

Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. Jelly fish and sponges lives in the corals.
2. Corals are white in colour.Sponges in the shells gives the colour to the corals.

Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. Coral reefs are diverse underwater ecosystems held together by calcium carbonate structures secreted by corals.
2. Coral reefs are built by colonies of tiny animals found in marine water that contain few nutrients.

Which is called as Roof of the world ?

Which of the following is densly populated ?

How is the deepest region of the sea is called as

Gobi desert in Himalayas is located in which continent ?

Which is the highest plateau in the world ?

Which is the second largest continent ?

Which continent has the more dense forest and mineral resources ?

Which of the following statements is/are correct about Africa continent ?

1. This continent lies mostly in the southern hemisphere.
2. Rocky Mountain is located in this continent.
3. World largest Amazon River is located in this continent.
4. The Alps mountain range is located in this continent.

Which continent is called as Island Continent ?

The world’s largest coral reef , great barrier reef is located in which continent ?

The statements given below belongs to which continent ?

1. This continent is situated in both northern and southern hemisphere.
2. The equator divides the continent into two equal halves.
3. River Nile , the world longest river in the world  and the sahara the lagest desert in the world are found in this continent.

Which continent is surrounded by the Arctic ocean , Atlantic ocean and pacific ocean ?

The world’s longest mountain range Andes is located in which continent ?

New Zealand , Fiji , Papua and New Guinea are generally called as

Dakshin gangotri and maitri is located in which continent ?

A piece of land surrounded by water on all sides is called as

A piece of land surrounded by water on its three sides is called as

A narrow stretch of water that connects two large water bodies is called as

A hollow carved out in the sea coast which lets the water to reach deep inland is called as

Which separate’s india and srilanka ?

India is

Penguins and seals can be seen in

Continuous Large land masses without oceans are called as

Which sea is located on the east side of tamil nadu ?

A narrow strip of land connecting two large land masses is called as

Which of the following statements is/are correct about pacific ocean ?

1. It is the deepest ocean in the world.
2. The volcanic mountains surrounding the pacific ocean are called the pacific ring fire.
3. The deepest Mariana Trench is located in the pacific ocean.

The depth of mariana trench is

Which is the second largest ocean in the world ?

Which of the following statements is correct according to the depth of the oceans ?

Greenland , British Island , West indies island were located in which ocean ?

With which ocean does Amazon, Mississippi, Saint Lawrence, Congo rivers join?

Which ocean covers 16.5% of the earth’s surface ?

Which is the third largest ocean in the world ?

Which ocean is located to the south of Antarctica ?

Which is the smallest ocean in the world ?

In which ocean does Andaman and Nicobar islands , Maldives , Madagascar and sri lanka situated in

What is the depth of indian ocean ?

From which ocean did india get rainfall ?

In which ocean does the Victoria Islands , Elizabeth islands ,Iceland were situated in

In which ocean does the alexander Islands , Pakleni islands and Rose islands were situated in

In which ocean does the Indonesia , japan and Hawaii Islands Located ?

Which ocean connects with the Africa’s southernmost of Atlantic ocean and in east and south east of pacific ocean ?

Which ocean has the border of Asia and Australia in west , North America in east and Antartica in south ?

The depth of Arctic Ocean is

Which is the smallest ocean in the northern hemisphere ?

Which of the following statements is/are correct about ocean ?

1. 71% of the earths surface is covered by water.
2. There are 5 oceans in the world.
3. The ocean contains 97% of earths water.
4. The word ocean come from the greek word okeanos.

What is the total area of Arctic ocean?

The shallow part of the ocean floor is known as

A wide, flat area of ocean floor is known as

Which part connects the Continental shelf with the deep Ocean floor?

Narrow valleys, Submarine canyons are part of

Which of the following is correct

1. Cochin and Mumbai are natural ports
2. Irregular shores and deep waters are essential in the formation of a natural harbor

Arrange the following places of Ocean floor as seen from a sea shore in order

1. Continental slope
2. Continental shelf
3. Abyssal plain
4. Trenches

How much percentage does the ocean trough covers in the total ocean area ?

Topographic depressions on the sea floor is called as

The rise to the surface from the floors of the ocean basins is called as

An elevated landform rising from the bottom of the ocean and has a flat top is called as

Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. The salt in the rock and the river basin in the substrate is dissolved by mountain water flowing into the rivers.
2. Due to evaporation the salt in the seawater does not gets evaporated.so the salinity is higher in sea water.

What is the average salinity of the oceans in the world ?

Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. The dead sea , Red sea and Persian gulf has very high salinity , where the salinity is 40 gram.
2. Because the rate of evaporation is higher than the rate of water incoming.

Which sea has the high rate of salinity ?

Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. Oceans in the polar region has less salinity.
2. Due to the melting of ice and heavy rains is the reason for less salinity

Which plays the important role in determining the characteristics of the species in the oceans ?

Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. Sea water contains salts like sodium chloride , Magnesium chlorite , Magnesium sulphate , Calcium sulphate ,Potassium sulphate , Calcium carbonate and magnesium bromide.
2. When the temperature increases in the sea water the gases in water also increases.

Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. The main reason for the formation of wave is due to the air movement.
2. Water does not travels waves.
3. In ocean the movement of water in up and down motion is called waves.

Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. In oceans the water movement typically refers to the water moving in a particular direction.
2. Ocean water currents are of two types they are hot and cold water movements.
3. The hot water currents are formed in latitudes and run towards equator.
4. When the temperature increases in the sea water the gases in water also increases.

Srilanka is a

Which of the following statements is/are corretct ?

1. Atlantic Ocean has more abyssal plain more than the pacific ocean.
2. Due to evaporation the salt in the seawater does not gets evaporated.so the salinity is higher in sea water.
3. The trade route of the Atlantic is considered as one of the worlds important route in the world.

Which carry warm water from the tropics poleward?

Which currents flow equatorward, transporting cold water from higher latitudes to lower latitudes ?

Which of the following is not the reason for affecting water currents in ocean ?

1. Density of water
2. Air and atmospheric pressure
3. Coriolisis force
4. Gravitational force

Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. The tide is the rising sea level every day by the gravity of the sun and moon.
2. The rise of sea wave is called high tide and lower of sea wade is called low tide.
3. The spring tide occurs on New moon day only.

How much percentage did the oil and natural gas resources on the coastal areas provide on global petroleum production ?

Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. Corals are marine invertebrates in the class Anthozoa of phylum Cnidaria.
2. They typically live in compact colonies of many identical individual polyps.
3. The group includes the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and secrete calcium carbonate to form a hard skeleton

Where is great barrier reef is located ?

Where is the coral reef located in india ?

What is the cause of formation of water currents in oceans ?