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BIG BANG THEORY or EXPANDING UNIVERSE HYPOTHESIS
was given in 1927 by
Georges Lemaître
This limit states that the maximum mass that a white dwarf star can have and remain stable and becomes a Neutron Star
The Chandrasekhar limit
A habitual zone is the region around a star where orbiting planets similar to the Earth can support liquid water, potentially supporting life. It is neither too hot nor too cold. It is also called
Goldilocks Zone
Gondwana and Laurasia were part of this supercontinent 200 million years ago
Pangea
In 1930s, this guy put forward his ' Convection Current Theory' ie presence of
radioactive elements which causes thermal differences in the mantle portion.
Arthur Holmes
In 1967, Mckenzie and Parker & also Morgan independently collected the available ideas and came out with concept of
Plate Tectonics
This is a unit of heat transmission, especially used to express the rate of solar radiation (or insolation) received by the earth.
The Langley (Ly)
This scale is used to measure the intensity of an earthquake , has ranges from 1 to 12,
Mercalli
This type of iron ore also called black ore considered the best quality with a very content of iron of around 70%.
Magnetite
World's first airmail service covered 10KM on Feb 18, 1911, which was also the first commercial flight in India took place from Allahabad to?
Naini
The concept of population density was first used by Henry Dury Harness in a series of maps prepared by him considering the railways of Ireland in year
1837
Tectonic plates are slabs of Rock in Earth's crust and upper mantle. What word designates this portion of Earth's interior
Lithosphere
This one is a natural port of india popularly known as " Queen of the Arabian Sea".
Kochi
Also referred as Shiv Ganga, originating in the Varusanadu Hills, the river finally empties into the Palk Strait near the Pamban Bridge
Vaigai
Saline soils which contain a larger proportion of sodium, potassium, and magnesium , and thus, they are infertile and do not support any vegetative growth are also known as _ soils .
Usara
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