1. The outermost layer of the Earth? Ans.

Crust
2. The division between the crust and the mantle? Ans. Mohorovicic Discontinuity
3. It is hot and liquid layer comprising mainly of nickel and iron? Outer core
4. The transition space between outer core and mantle is called? Gutenberg Discontinuity
5. It is mostly made of solid iron and has little amount of nickel? Inner core
6. The transition region between outer core and inner core is called? Lehmann Discontinuity
7. How many hours did the earth takes to complete a rotation on its axis? 23.439
8. How many days to complete an orbit around the sun? 365.26 days
9. Closest approach to the sun? Perihelion
10. Farthest distance from the dun? Aphelion
11. Earth spins on an imaginary line is called? Axis
12. Planet earth around its own axis is called? Rotation
13. Earth’s movement around the sun? revolution
14. A year with 366 days is called? Leap year
15. Are days when the sun reaches its farthest northern and southern declinations? Solstices
16. Are days in which day and night are of equal duration? Equinoxes
17. The vertical lines originating from the north pole and end with the South Pole? Meridians of
longitude
18. The marked horizontally on maps or globes, starting at the equator? Parallels of latitude
19. It is an old English word for Land? Earth
20. The study of size and shape of the Earth? Geodesy
21. Who showed that the earth was not a perfect sphere but a compressed spheroid? Sir Isaac
Newton
22. The true shape of the earth is called? Oblate spheroid
23. It is refers to its slightly oblong appearance? Oblate
24. The term _______ means that it is almost a sphere but not quite? Spheroid
25. The first three eons, which together lasted nearly 4 billion years are together known as?
Precambrian
26. What era saw the development of many kinds of animals and plants in the seas and on land?
Paleozoic era
27. What era was the age of the dinosaurs? Mesozoic era
28. What era that we are in currently and the age of mammals? Cenozoic era
29. In paleozoic era, amphibians appears under what time? Devonian
30. Cenozoic era, who appears during quarternary time? Humans.