Ch-4-Distribution of ocean and continent

Question 1

what % continents covers

Answer 1

29%

Question 2

WHO FIRST PROPOSED IDEA OF CONTINENTAL DRIFT AND WHEN

Answer 2

ABRAHAM ORTELIUS 1596

Question 3

WHO DREW MAP SHOWING ALL THREE CONTINENTS TOGETHER

Answer 3

ANTONIO PELLEGRINI

Question 4

WHO PUT FORWARD THEORY OF CONTINENTAL DRIFT

Answer 4

ALFRED WEGENER 1912

Question 5

WHAT CONTINENTAL DRIFT THEORY MEANS

Answer 5

ALL CONTINENTS FORM A SINGLE CONTINENTAL MASS AND MEGA OCEAN SURROUNDED THE SAME

Question 6

NAME OF SUPER CONTINENT

Answer 6

PANGAEA

Question 7

NAME OF MEGA OCEAN

Answer 7

PANTHALASSA

Question 8

PANGAEA SPLIT INTO

Answer 8

LAURASIA AND GONDWANA

Question 9

EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF CONTINENTAL DRIFT THEORY

Answer 9

1. MATCHING OF CONTINENTS
   2.ROCK OF SAME AGE ACROSS OCEAN
   3.TILLITE(GLACIER EVIDENCE)
   4.PLACER DEPOSITS
   5.DISTRIBUTION OF FOSSILS

Question 10

WHAT IS FATHOM LINE

Answer 10

a line on a nautical chart that represents a specific water depth. It connects all points on the ocean floor that have the same depth

Question 11

WHO PRESENTED ATLANTIC MARGIN USING COMPUTER PROGRAMME

Answer 11

BULLARD IN 1964

Question 12

WHAT METHOD IS USED TO TELL AGE OF ROCK

Answer 12

RADIOMETRIC DATING METHOD

Question 13

EARLIEST MARINE DEPOSITS ALONG THE COASTLINE OF SOUTH AMERICA AND AFRICA ARE OF

Answer 13

JURASSIC AGE

Question 14

WHAT IS TILLITE

Answer 14

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS FORMED OUT OF DEPOSITS OF GLACIERS

Question 15

GONDWANA SYSTEM OF SEDIMENTS ARE FOUND IN

Answer 15

AFRICA
FALKLAND ISLAND
MADAGASCAR
ANTARCTICA
AUSTRALIA
INDIA

Question 16

FOR WHICH TWO THINGS TILLITE PROVIDES EVIDENCE

Answer 16

PALAEOCLIMATES AND CONTINENTAL DRIFT

Question 17

WHAT ARE PLACER DEPOSITS

Answer 17

Placer deposits are naturally formed accumulations of valuable, heavy minerals concentrated by the action of water, wind, or ice.Placer deposits are loose unconsolidated and semi-consolidated materials. It forms by surface weathering, erosion of the primary rocks, transportation and concentration of valuable minerals

Question 18

REASON OF PRESENCE OF GOLD DEPOSITS IN GHANA

Answer 18

THERE IS ABSENCE OF SOURCE ROCK IN GHANA.THE GOLD BEARING VEINS ARE IN BRAZIL AND ITS OBVIOUS THAT GOLD DEPOSITS OF GHANA DERIVED FROM BRAZIL PLATEAU WHEN TWO CONTINENTS LAY SIDE BY SIDE

Question 19

INDIA MADAGASCAR AFRICA CONTIGUOUS LANDMASS IS KNOWN AS

Answer 19

LEMURIA

Question 20

MESOSAURUS REMAINS FOUND WHERE

Answer 20

SOUTHERN CAPE PROVINCE OF SOUTH AFRICA AND IRAVER FORMATION OF BRAZIL

Question 21

FORCES RESPONSIBLE FOR DRIFT ACC TO WEGNER

Answer 21

POLAR FLEEING FORCE AND TIDAL FORCE