GK Questions on Earth
What is the third planet from the Sun? – Earth.
What is the Earth’s approximate circumference at the equator? – Approximately 24,901 miles (40,075 kilometers).
What is the Earth’s average distance from the Sun? – Approximately 93 million miles (150 million kilometers).
What is the Earth’s largest continent? – Asia.
What is the name of the layer of gases surrounding the Earth? – Atmosphere.
What is the Earth’s approximate age? – About 4.5 billion years.
What percentage of the Earth’s surface is covered by water? – Approximately 71%.
What is the Earth’s only natural satellite? – The Moon.
What is the process by which plants convert carbon dioxide into oxygen? – Photosynthesis.
What is the deepest known part of the Earth’s oceans? – The Mariana Trench.
What is the Earth’s highest mountain? – Mount Everest.
What is the name of the system of interconnected oceans on Earth? – The World Ocean.
What is the Earth’s largest ocean? – The Pacific Ocean.
What is the term used to describe the Earth’s rotation on its axis? – Day and night cycle.
What is the Earth’s magnetic field called? – The magnetosphere.
What is the name of the process by which Earth’s surface is gradually eroded by water, wind, and other factors? – Weathering.
What is the name of the layer of solid rock beneath the Earth’s crust? – Mantle.
What is the name of the theory that explains the movement of tectonic plates on the Earth’s surface? – Plate tectonics.
What is the study of Earth’s physical structure and substance called? – Geology.
What is the name of the layer of Earth’s atmosphere where weather occurs? – Troposphere.
What is the largest desert on Earth? – The Antarctic Desert.
What is the Earth’s tilt on its axis responsible for? – The changing seasons.
What is the name of the layer of gases that protects the Earth from the Sun’s harmful ultraviolet radiation? – Ozone layer.
What is the Earth‘s largest landmass? – Afro-Eurasia (combined continents of Africa and Eurasia).
What is the process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas? – Evaporation.