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How to access 1) After the giant explosion of big Bang Earth came into existence in how many billion years 1 point
the portal ago?

Week 1 4-5 billion years ago

Lecture 01: 6-9 Billion years ago

Introduction to
12-15 Billion years ago
Geosciences in
Civil 15-18 billion years ago
Engineering
(Part-1) No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Lecture 02 :
Introduction to Accepted Answers:
Geosciences in 4-5 billion years ago
Civil
Engineering 2) The highest point (8850 m) and the lowest point (11035 m) on the Earth are the result of 1 point
(Part-2) two plates __________ against each other.
Lecture 03 :
Plate Tectonics Diverging
and Continental
Drift (Part-2)
Converging

Both
Lecture 04 :
Plate Tectonics None of the above
and Continental
Drift (Part-3) No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Lecture 05 :
Plate Tectonics Accepted Answers:
and Continental Converging
Drift (Part-4)
3) The asthenosphere of the Earth is located at the depth of __________. 1 point
Quiz :
Assignment 1
5-10 Km
Feedback For
Week 1 70-100 Km

Assignment 1
100-660 Km
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Week 3
Accepted Answers:
Funded by
100-660 Km

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4) ContinentalPowered
crust is lighter
by and it is mainly composed of __________ elements. 1 point
Week 4

Silicon, Magnesium
Week 5
Iron, Aluminium
Week 6
Silicon, Aluminium

Week 7 Sodium, Calcium

No, the answer is incorrect.

Week 8
Score: 0

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Transcription Silicon, Aluminium

5) Seismic waves characterize the internal structure of the Earth and nature of its layers, 1 point
which suggest that the outer core and the inner core are __________ respectively.

liquid and solid

solid and liquid

plastic and liquid

liquid and plastic

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
liquid and solid

6) At __________, crust is neither produced nor destroyed as the plates slide 1 point
horizontally past each other.

convergent boundaries

divergent boundaries

transform boundaries

mid-oceanic ridges

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
transform boundaries

7) The principle of __________ governs the rise or subsidence of the crust until the 1 point
mass is buoyantly balanced so that all parts of the lithosphere are in a floating
equilibrium.

Plate tectonics

Continental drift

Earth dynamics

Isostasy

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Isostasy

8) __________ zone marks deepest level from where the earthquake gets 1 point
generated.

Asthenosphere

D double prime

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Wadati-Benioff

Mid-oceanic ridges

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Wadati-Benioff

9) Before the breaking up of the Pangaea at about 400-500 million years ago, India was a 1 point
large island situated south of equator near the Australian coast and separated from Asia by a
vast __________ sea.

Atlantic

Pacific

Panthalassa

Tethys

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Tethys

10)The __________ discontinuity marks the boundary between continental and 1 point
oceanic crust.

Mohorovicic

Lehmann

Conrad

Gutenberg

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Conrad

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