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प्रश्न
Answer the following:
Some volcanoes develop parasitic cones.
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उत्तर
Some volcanoes develop parasitic cones because the main vent grows too high and develops a parasite or a branch l cone.
संबंधित प्रश्न
What is the magma chamber of a volcano?
Give an example each of conical volcano and fissure volcano.
What is the following:
Fissure type of volcanoes
What is the following:
Caldera
What is the following:
Mud volcanoes
Distinguish between the following pair of terms associated with vulcanicity:
Cinder Cone and Composite Cone
Distinguish between the following pair of terms associated with vulcanicity:
Fissure-type Volcanoes and Central-types Volcanoes
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 |
Name one useful feature of vulcanicity other than soil fertility.
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.
