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प्रश्न
Distinguish between the following pairs of terms associated with the crustal movement of the earth:
Graben and Horst
उत्तर
| Graben | Horst |
| It is another name for rift •valleys which is a trough-like submerged park between horsts (Block two mountains). | It is the elevated highland on both sides of a rift valley, generally flat on the top. Another name for horst is the Block mountain. |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What do you understand by ‘Crater of the Volcano’?
What is the following:
Spine or plug
What is the following:
Caldera
Distinguish between the following pair of terms associated with vulcanicity:
Crater and Caldera
Match the items given in Column A with the correct ones in Column B.
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. A Rift valley lake | (a) Deccan Trap region of India |
| 2. A horst | (b) Fujiyama |
| 3. A basic lava sheet | (c) Tanganyika |
| 4. Composite cones | (d) Black forest plateau |
| 5. An active volcano | (e) Corndon Hill |
| 6. A Batholith | (f) The Alps |
| 7. A Phaccolith | (g) Upland of Britain is France |
| 8. A young Fold mountain | (h) Stromboli |
Give reasons for the following:
Earth’s movements have modified the Earth’s surface.
Name one useful feature of vulcanicity other than soil fertility.
Out of the following words write down the four that are connected with volcanic activity.
Karst, crater, drumlin, stalactites, gully, pot holes, ash, basalt, swallow holes, dyke, domes, bluffs.
What are tectonic movements? How are these classified?
Choose the odd one
Vesuvius, Stromboli, St.Helena, Etna.
