Distribution of seas and oceans Test - 3

The Veld is the name given for the grazing grounds of South Africa.

Pangaea first broke into two large continental masses as Laurasia and Gondwanaland forming the northern and southern components respectively.

The subduction zone along the Himalayas forms the northern plate boundary in the form of continent— continent convergence.

Rocks closer to the mid-oceanic ridges have normal polarity and are the youngest. The age of the rocks increases as one moves away from the crest.

The rim of the Pacific is also called the 'Ring of Fire' due to the existence of active volcanoes in this area.

A tectonic plate (also called a lithospheric plate) is a massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock, generally composed of both continental and oceanic lithosphere. 

Where the crust is destroyed as one plate dived under another. The location where sinking of a plate occurs is called a subduction zone.

The polar-fleeing force relates to the rotation of the earth. 

Wegener first presented his idea of continental drift in 1912, but it was widely ridiculed and soon, mostly, forgotten. 

The occurrence of rich placer deposits of gold in the Ghana coast and the absolute absence of source rock in the region is an amazing fact.