Ram Iyer

Question 1

What is the most recent geologic period in Earth’s history, when human activity had an effect on the ecosystem and climate?

Answer 1

Anthropocene

Question 2

What is the largest terrestrial biome, which is located between 50 to 60 degrees N Latitude?

Answer 2

Taiga (Boreal Forest)

Question 3

What type of map projection has all lines of latitude straight and all the meridians (longitude) other than the prime meridian are curved?

Answer 3

Robinson Projection

Question 4

What the term for a lake that is alkaline because of large amount of carbonate?

Answer 4

Soda Lake

Question 5

What is the term for the layer of water between the warm top layer and the stratified cool and dense lower layer?

Answer 5

Thermocline

Question 6

What is the term for a fold in a rock in which the layers are beds dipped inward forming a trough like structure with a sag in the middle?

Answer 6

Syncline

Question 7

What term desribes a fracture in a rock?

Answer 7

Fissure