Here is your short paragraph on Volcanoes ! A place from where hot molten lava along with hot gases, escapes from below the earth, usually found at mountain tops is what volcanoes are. Mostly when the volcanic crater gets active is when these hot steam, ash, rock and lava come out. Usually a volcano would erupt when the pressure and [...]
Here is your paragraph on the Theory of Plate Tectonics and Origin of Continents and Oceans ! Plate tectonics is the most recent and widely acclaimed theory which gives most satisfactory answers to intricate and puzzling questions regarding origin of continents and oceans, formation of mountains, occurrence of earthquakes and eruption of volcanoes. The credit for introducing this theory goes [...]
Here is your short paragraph on Continental Drift Theory ! The major surface features of the earth are the continents and ocean basins. Of the whole surface, less than one third is a land mass and the rest is covered with water. For several million years, large parts of the continents were covered with thick masses of 'ice', as Greenland [...]
Here is you short paragraph for Kids on Earth! The earth is a unique planet. It is a huge ball of about 12750 kilometres across and 40,000 kilometres in circumference. The shape of the earth is spherical and not a perfect sphere; it is flattened at the poles. In size, it ranks fifth and it is the third nearest planet [...]