Description : What layer of the Earth's crust that is not covered by ocean water is called the?
Last Answer : continental crust
Description : ‘Three-fourths of the earth’s surface is covered with water but there is still scarcity of water across the globe.’ Explain giving three reasons. -SST 10th
Last Answer : Water scarcity is due to the following causes :- (i) Water availability varies over space and time mainly due to the variation in seasonal and annual precipitation. (ii) Rapid urbanisation is another factor ... , while a litlle less than 30 per cent is stored as groundwater in the world's aquifers.
Description : ‘Three-fourths of the earth’s surface is covered with water but there is still scarcity of water across the globe. -SST 10th
Last Answer : Water scarcity is due to the following causes: (i) 96.5 per cent of the total volume of world's water is estimated to exist as oceans and only 2.5 per cent as fresh water. Nearly 70 ... ) More water is required to generate electricity. (vii) Rising income levels also create more demand for water.
Description : What percentage of the earth's surface is covered in water?
Last Answer : About 71 percent of the Earth's surface is water-covered.
Description : How much is the portion of the earth’s surface covered with water roughly?
Last Answer : Two-third
Description : The fraction of earth’s surface covered with water. (a) One-fourth (b) Half (c) Three-fourth (d) Two-third.
Last Answer : (c) Three-fourth
Description : What keeps the inner core soild even though the temperature is very high?
Last Answer : What is the answer ?
Description : Is a watermelon a soild?
Last Answer : In the scientific sense, they are solids, as opposed to gas orliquid. However the outside is harder than the inside, so it is notcompletely solid inside.
Description : Soil having pH less than 8.5 EC more than 4 and ESP less than 15 is — a. Saline soil b. Alkaline soil c. Saline Alkaline soil d. None of these
Last Answer : a. Saline soil
Description : Broad bed furrow system is recommended for — type of soil a. Deep black soil b. Red soil c. Sandy soil d. Loamy soil
Last Answer : a. Deep black soil
Description : Red gram pod fly maggots pupates in — a. Pod b. Leaf c. Soil d. None of these
Last Answer : c. Soil
Description : At high pressure, the entire metal surface gets covered by a mono molecular layer of the gas. What is the order of the process ?
Last Answer : Ans. Zero order.
Description : In what three components of Earth's makeup must we find the total mass of crystalline rock components that were eroded from the primary crystalline rocks of earth's surface?
Last Answer : answer:What are the components of Earth’s makeup? How many are there? Wouldn’t it be the components nearest the surface (e.g., crust, lithosphere, asthenosphere)? Keep in mind, I have no idea what I’m talking about.
Description : what is The breaking down of rock and other materials on Earth’s surface?
Last Answer : Erosion
Description : What two names for the process by which soil and rock are stripped from the Earths surface to expose underlying coal?
Last Answer : Surface mining and Strip mining :)
Description : Is the name given to molten rock below the Earth's surface.?
Last Answer : Magma. Magma rises towards the surface when it's less dense thanrock around it. Otherwise, it collects in magma chambers and cools,forming igneous rock.
Description : Are rocks at Earth's surface are broken down into smaller pieces a part of the rock cycle?
Last Answer : this is a question
Description : What formation of igneous rock on earth's surface is known as?
Last Answer : Need answer
Description : What Granite is an example of igneous rock that forms deep beneath earths surface?
Description : If magma crystallizes before it reaches earth's surface it will form a what igneous rock?
Last Answer : It will for an intrusive igneous rock. They usually take longerto cool and have more coarse grains.
Description : What do we call molten hot liquid rock while it is still below the Earth's surface?
Last Answer : fb
Description : Earthquake is caused by – (1) disturbance of earth surface (2) adjustment of layers of earth's crust (3) breakage of rock system (4) upliftment of rocks
Last Answer : (1) disturbance of earth surface Explanation: Most earthquakes are minor tremors. Larger earthquakes usually begin with slight tremors but rapidly take the form of one or more violent shocks, and end in ... is called its focus; the point on the surface directly above the focus is the epicenter.
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) To an agriculturist, soil is the substance existing on the earth's surface, which grows and develops plants (B) To a geologist, soil ... and uncemented deposits of minerals and organic particles covering the earth's crust (D) All the above
Last Answer : (D) All the above
Description : What are the giant slabs of rock which fit together to form the earth’s surface called? a) Dinner Plates b) Continents c) Oceans d) Tectonic plates
Last Answer : d) Tectonic plates
Description : Earthquake is caused by (1) disturbance of earth surface (2) adjustment of layers of earth’s crust (3) breakage of rock system (4) upliftment of rocks
Last Answer : disturbance of earth surface
Description : Pick up the incorrect statement from the following: A. Septic tanks are horizontal continuous flow type of sedimentation tanks B. Septic tanks are generally provided a detention period of 12 to 36 hours C ... covered and high vent shafts are provided for the escape of foul gases D. None of these
Last Answer : ANS: D
Description : By what name is the atmospheric layer farthest from the Earth's surface? -General Knowledge
Last Answer : Exosphere. The exosphere is the most distant atmospheric region from Earth's surface.
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Description : What part of earths layer is about the same temperature as the surface on the sun?
Description : The atmospheric layer farthest from the Earth's surface is known as– (1) Stratosphere (2) Exosphere (3) Ionosphere (4) (4)Mesosphere
Last Answer : (2) Exosphere Explanation: The Radio waves are reflected back to Earth in the Ionosphere which is an electrically charged layer of the upper atmosphere. This process is used to communicate beyond the horizon, at intercontinental distances, mostly in the shortwave frequency bands.
Description : The layer of atmosphere close to the earth's surface is called – (1) Exosphere (2) Troposphere (3) Stratosphere (4) Ionosphere
Last Answer : (2) Troposphere Explanation: The troposphere is the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere and site of all weather on Earth. It is bonded on the top by a layer of air called the Tropopause, which separates the troposphere from the stratosphere and on bottom by the surface of the Earth.
Description : Which layer of the earth’s atmosphere reflects back the radio waves to the earth’s surface? (1) Ionosphere (2) Stratosphere (3) Mesosphere (4) Exosphere
Last Answer : (1) Ionosphere Explanation: Long distance propagation of radio waves depends on an invisible layer of charged particles, which envelops the Earth. This layer of charged particles known as the ionosphere ... communication during the early part of the twentieth century, the ionosphere came as a boon.
Description : Why is the lowest layer of the atmosphere in contact with the earth’s surface, the warmest?
Last Answer : Ans: The lowest layer of the atmosphere in contact with the earth’s surface is the warmest because the atmosphere is heated mainly from the below.
Description : There are five concentric layers within the atmosphere which is differentiated on the basis of temperature. The atmospheric layer which lies close to the earth's surface in which human being along with other organisms live is called ... is about __________ °C/km. (A) 0.05 (B) 1 (C) 6.5 (D) 15
Last Answer : (C) 6.5
Description : The progressive warming up of the earth's surface is mainly due to the (A) Automobile exhau (B) Blanketing effect of CO2 in the atmosphere (C) De-forestation (D) Thickening of ozone layer
Last Answer : (B) Blanketing effect of CO2 in the atmosphere
Description : A considerable part of the harmful ultraviolet radiation of the sum does not reach the earth surface, because of the fact that, there is a layer of __________ high above earth's atmosphere, which absorbs it. (A) Hydrogen (B) Carbon dioxide (C) Ozone (D) None of these
Last Answer : (C) Ozone
Description : Which layer of the earth’s atmosphere reflect back the radio waves to the earth’s surface ? (1) ionosphere (2) stratosphere (3) mesosphere (4) exosphere
Last Answer : ionosphere
Description : The layer of atmosphere close to the earth’s surface is called (1) Exosphere (2) Troposphere (3) Stratosphere (4) Ionosphere
Last Answer : Troposphere
Description : The atmospheric layer farthest from the Earth’s surface is known as (1) Stratosphere (2)Exosphere (3) Ionosphere (4)Mesosphere
Last Answer : Exosphere
Description : To which height, the gaseous surroundings has covered the earth’s atmosphere
Last Answer : 300km
Description : What is Continuous rock formation?
Description : What principle tells us that rock layers separated by a valley are assumed to have once been continuous?
Description : Consider the following statements regarding the formation of P-N junctions: 1. Holes diffuse across the junction from P-side to N-side 2. The depletion layer is wiped out. 3. There is continuous flow of current across the junction 4 ... correct? (a) 1 and 3 (b) 2 and 3 (c) 1 and 4 (d) 2 and 4
Last Answer : Ans: (c) When a pn-junction is formed, there will be diffusion of carries across the junctions followed by recombination, and the creation of a depletion layer across which a ... potential is established, which will prevent further diffusion of carries across the junction, leading to equilibrium
Description : The inner layer of gizzard of cockroach is covered by :
Last Answer : The inner layer of gizzard of cockroach is covered by : A. By cuticle B. By mucous membrane C. By endoepithelium D. By peritrophic membrane
Description : In angiosperm, all the four microspores of tetrad are covered by a layer which is formed by (a) pectocellulose (b) callose (c) cellulose (d) sporopollenin
Last Answer : (a) pectocellulose
Description : What layers are covered under end to end layer connectivity? Explain briefly the function of each one of them.
Last Answer : The layers 4-7 of ISO-OSI reference model communicate with peer entities in the end systems. There is no communication with entities in the intermediate systems. In this sense, layers 4-7 are often ... 6. Editors and terminal support services 7. Telematic services like videotext.
Description : Describe the nature and mode of origin of the chief types of rock at the earth’s crust. How will you distinguish them?\ -Geography
Last Answer : The earth's crust is composed of rocks. A rock is made up by aggregate of one or more minerals. Rock may be hard or soft and in varied colours. For example, granite is hard, ... contact with the crustal rocks or the underlying rocks are subjected to great amounts of pressure by overlying rocks.
Description : What two types of rock provided evidence of the composition of Earths interior?
Last Answer : What two types of rock provided evidence of the composition of Earth'sinterior
Description : What is a molten rock beneath the earth's crust?
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