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प्रश्न
Give an example each of conical volcano and fissure volcano.
उत्तर
Mount Fuji in Japan is a conical volcano and Columbia plateau in South America and Deccan plateau in India are the examples of fissure volcanoes.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What are ‘Volcanoes’?
What is the following:
Fissure type of volcanoes
Distinguish between the following pair of terms associated with vulcanicity:
Laccolith and Lapolith
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 |
Answer the following
The vent of a volcano when blocked results in an explosive eruption.
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.
______ belt is known as the “Ring of Fire”.
Assertion (A): The Pacific Ocean includes two thirds of the world’s volcanoes.
Reason (R): The boundary along the Eastern and Western coast areas of the Pacific Ocean is known as the Pacific Ring of Fire.
How many major zones of volcanic activities in the world?
Explain three major zones of volcanic activities in the world.
