Earthquake Quiz 1

The speed of rotation of the earth is the highest:

At a latitude of 45

The heavier silictes named Sima on Silica + magnesium are most abundant in the:

The approximate surface temperature on the sunlit side of the earth is:

Which of the following pairs of metals are supposed to constitute the internal core of the earth?

Days and nights are caused by:

Green House Effect means:

The polar diameter of the earth is shorter than equatorial diameter by about:

What percentage of insolation is received by the earth surface?

The seasonal contrasts are maximum in:

The mean distances on the perihelion and aphelion is:

The sutudy of time in relation to earth's history is called:

The earth revolves around the sun at the speed (per minute) of:

The distance between the earth and the sun is smallest in the month of:

The sun shines vertically on the Equator:

What is the approximate equatorial circumference of the earth?

Japan is called 'the land of rising sun' because:

The surface of earth that lies between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn is called:

The distance of the equator from either of the poles is:

The approximate diameter of the earth is:

Maximum altitude of polar wtar at place 28

Seasons on earth are caused by:

The position of the earth in its orbit, when it is at its greatest distance from the sun causing summer in the Northern Hemisphere is:

Insolation heats up the land masses more quickly than the water bodies because:

The earth's annual circuit round the sun covers a distance of:

The fixed path along which the earth revolves round the sun is called:

Vernal Equinox occurs on:

One degree of the circumference of the earth measures approximately:

Geostationary orbit is at a height of:

The time required for moon light to reach earth:

Heat received by earth from the sun is known as:

The inclination of the earth's axis to the orbital plane is:

Days and nights are equal throughout the globe when sun is above:

The equatorial diameter of the earth is approximately:

At the core of the earth, the temperature is estimated to be around:

A semifluid shell which includes both the crust and uppermost part of the mantle is known as:

The earth rotatesaround its axis from:

Of the total volume of the earth, which layer forms the major part?

Vernal equinox falls on:

What is the maximum length of a day on the poles?

Equinox occurs when the sun is vertically above:

The size of the earth was first measured by:

The place which has the longest day and the shortest night on 22nd December is:

Summer Solstic in the Southern Hemisphere occurs on:

The earth rotates arojnd the axis pointing towards:

The term that best describes the shape of the earth is:

The speed of rotation of earth is:

Which part of the earth's surface receives the highest amount of insolation?

The largest amont of reflection of the solar radiant energy which is reflected back into space before reaching the earth's surface is due to:

Owing to the equatorial bulge and the polar flattening, the polar radius of the earth falls short of the equatorial radius about:

The crust forms what percentage of the volume of the earth:

The earth revolves round the sun in its orbit by approximately:

The incoming short-wave solar radiation is balanced by an equal amount of long wave radiation from Earth going back to space. This is known as:

The mean radius of the earth is approximately:

Seasonal variation is the least:

The specific gravity of the earth as a whole is:

Which of the following phenomenon gives an evidence for spherical shape of the earth?

The world used to describe the shape of earth is:

Antipodes are:

The amount of insolation received at a place on the surface of earth depends on:

The orbit along which the earth revolves is: