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प्रश्न
Distinguish between the following pairs of terms associated with the crustal movement of the earth:
Graben and Horst
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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. |
संबंधित प्रश्न
What is‘magma’?
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 pairs of terms associated with the crustal movement of the earth:
Tilted Block mountains and Lifted Block mountains
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 as a whole does not expand.
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.
Distinguish between the following pairs of terms associated with vulcanicity:
Magma and Lava
______ 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.
