3. JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE EARTH BY TISHANI DOSHI

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COMPLETE SOLUTION OF "JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE EARTH"




Q1. Name the author and the story?
Ans:- The author is Tishani Doshi and the story is ‘Journey to the end of the Earth’.
Q2.  What is Antarctica?
Ans:- Antarctica is one of the coldest, driest, windiest continent in the world.
Q3. What is mean by Gondwana?
Ans:- Six hundred and fifty million years ago, Gondwana was ever the part of the Earth, a giant amalgamated southern supercontinent on the Earth.
Q4. How was ‘Gondwana’ six hundred fifty million years ago?
Ans:- Six hundred fifty years ago, things were quite different then; humans hadn’t arrived on the global scene, and the climate was much warmer, hosting a huge variety of flora and fauna kingdom.
Q5. Since how many years has Gondwana been thriving?
Ans:- For 500 million years, Gondwana has been thriving.
Q6. How do geological phenomena help us to know about the history of humankind?

Ans:- Geological phenomena help us to know about the history of humankind because Antarctica has history of million years of past. It has one of the oldest Carbon layers where 90% of the Earth’s total ice volumes are stored. It shows, since how many years human being has been here on the Earth.
Q7. What are the indications for the future of humankind?
Ans:- The indications of the future of humankind are transparent that if the rapid increase of human populations and unlimited burning of fossil fuels will be continue then that day won’t be more far when the Earth once again will destroy. Due to increasing the ratio of carbon in our atmosphere the temperature of the Earth has increased, the ice of Antarctica gradually has started to melt and theses small events will soon grow up.
Q8. ‘The world’s geological history is trapped in Antarctica’. How is the study of this region useful to us?
Ans:- Antarctica is the only place from where we can know more about the Earth’s past, present and future. Because it holds in its ice-cores half-million-year-old carbon records trapped in its layers of ice. These carbon layers can help us to know more about our planet. So Antarctica is useful for us.
Q9. What are Geoff Green’s reasons for including high school students in the Students on Ice expedition?
 Ans:- The main reason for including high school students in the Students on Ice programme so that they could understand present, past and future of the Earth. It has been in operation for six years now, headed by Canadian Geoff Green. This programme encourages students’ desire towards the study of our beautiful planet the Earth to know more about it.
Q10. Why is Antarctica the place to go to, to understand the Earth’s Present, Past and future?
Ans:- Because Antarctica has its ice-cores half million-year-old carbon records trapped in its layers of ice, from where we can find out the Earth’s secret of its formation. It will help our scientists to know more about it. So, Antarctica is the perfect place to know more about our planet the Earth.

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