SCIENCE

Question 1

Earth is compared to a grape that contracted into a raisin due to the cooling process that occurred after the Big Bang about 13.77 billion years ago.

Answer 1

“Raisin Theory”

Question 2

an American seismologist and geologist, proposed the term “Isostasy” in 1889 to explain the concept of a contracting Earth

Answer 2

Clarence Edward Dutton

Question 3

wherever equilibrium exists on the Earth’s surface, equal mass must underpin equal surface areas, implying that a large continental mass must be composed of lighter materials than those thought to constitute the ocean floor

Answer 3

Isostasy

Question 4

“tectonic” is derived from the Greek word “______”

Answer 4

TEKTON

Question 5

Tekton means?

Answer 5

means “carpenter” or “builder”

Question 6

Tectonic plates also known as ___________ _____ are massive slabs of solid rock that surround the earth’s surface.

Answer 6

Lithospheric Plates

Question 7

German climatologist, proposed the continental drift theory in his book The Origins of Continents and Ocean in 1915

Answer 7

Alfred Wegener