CONTINENTS AND OCEANS

Question 1

Tsunami is caused by

Answer 1

underwater volcanic activity

Question 2

separates the islands of Java (east) and Sumatra

Answer 2

Sunda Strait

Question 3

the Andaman Islands (partly) and the
Nicobar Islands, separated by

Answer 3

Ten Degree Channel

Question 4

Which one of the following is a Japanese word that means ‘harbour
wave’

Answer 4

Tsunami

Question 5

sea that separates Asia
and Africa with countries such as Egypt and Sudan on the African side and Saudi Arabia on the Asian side

Answer 5

Red Sea

Question 6

OTEC stands for

Answer 6

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
a process that can produce electricity by using the temperature difference
between deep cold ocean water and warm tropical surface waters

Question 7

Which of the following plates has the slowest rate of movement at less than 2.5 cm/year

Answer 7

Arctic Ridge

Question 8

Millions of years ago the Indian subcontinent was separated from the mainland by a large sea known as the

Answer 8

tethys

Question 9

is used to measure the intensity of an earthquake

Answer 9

Mercalli Scale
ranging from 1 to 12 point

Question 10

There are five discontinuities inside the earth

Answer 10

• Conrad - SIAL & SIMA
• Mohorovicic - Crust and Mantle
• Repiti - Outer mantle and Inner mantle
• Gutenberg - Mantle and Core
• Lehman - Outer core and Inner core

Question 11

India is divided into how many earthquake zones

Answer 11

4

Question 12

What is the normal air pressure at sea level

Answer 12

1013.25 millibars

Question 13

In which ocean is the Island country Fiji situated

Answer 13

Pacific Ocean

Question 14

The narrow zone of contact between the Lithosphere, hydrosphere
and Atmosphere where general vegetation and wildlife exist is called

Answer 14

Biosphere

Question 15

A narrow passage of water connecting two large reservoirs like seas and oceans is called

Answer 15

Strait

Question 16

accumulation of unconsolidated debris, sometimes referred to as glacial till, that occurs in both currently and formerly glaciated regions, and that has been previously carried along by a glacier or ice sheet

Answer 16

Morains

Question 17

What is the main mineral
component of the continental mass

Answer 17

Silica Aluminium

Question 18

The Labrador Current

Answer 18

a cold ocean current in the North Atlantic Ocean which flows from the Arctic Ocean south along the coast of Labrador and passes around Newfoundland, continuing south along the east coast of Nova Scotia

Question 19

Bab-el-Mandeb strait connects which water bodies

Answer 19

Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden

Question 20

The Channel Tunnel is the name of an undersea tunnel connecting

Answer 20

France and England