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Question
What is the following:
Cinder Cone
Solution 1
Cinder Cone - The volcanic cone built of small pieces and fragments of solidified lava and ash is called ‘Cinder Cone’.
Solution 2
Cinder cone : When the lava is ejected from a central vent its pieces and fragments solidify round the vent to form a cone. This is known as a Cinder Cone.
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Give an example each of conical volcano and fissure volcano.
What do you understand by ‘Vulcanism’?
What do you understand by ‘Crater of the Volcano’?
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 |
Answer the following:
Some volcanoes develop parasitic cones.
Answer the following:
Earthquakes are common in the belt of young fold mountains.
Give one word for the following :
The region where there are highest number of geysers and hot springs.
Choose the odd one
Vesuvius, Stromboli, St.Helena, Etna.
