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What is called the Pacific Ring of Fire? Why is it called so?

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What is called the Pacific Ring of Fire? Why is it called so?

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The Pacific Ring of Fire is a horseshoe-shaped zone surrounding the Pacific Ocean’s margins where there are frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. It is known as the “Ring of Fire” because the region is home to numerous active volcanoes that frequently erupt, spilling lava, gases, and ash, giving the impression that the area is surrounded by fire.

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अध्याय 8: Volcanoes - SOLVE AND SCORE [पृष्ठ ७९]

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रचना सपरा Geography [English] Class 9 ICSE
अध्याय 8 Volcanoes
SOLVE AND SCORE | Q D 10. (a) | पृष्ठ ७९

संबंधित प्रश्न

What is the difference between magma and lava?


Name the three types of volcanoes on the basis of the frequency of their eruption.


Match the Following:

Column A Column B
1. Vent (a) An active volcano
2. Extinct (b) Hot water fountain
3. Geyser (c) Dead Volcano
4. Mt. Stromboli (d) An opening in the earth's crust through which lava flows.
5. Cinder Cone (e) A volcanic landform.

Fill in the blank below:
The Circum-Paciflc Belt is also called ____________.


Name the three belts where volcanoes are found.


Describe the materials thrown out during volcanic eruption.


Describe the effect of volcanic eruption of Karakatoa in 1883.


Why is volcanic activity often associated with mountain building ?


What is a geyser?


Name a well known geyser.


State two ways in which lava may come out of the earth’s crust giving an example of each type of these volcanic activities.


What is the following:

‘Ring of Fire’


Give reasons for the following:
Basic lava cones are broader than Acid lava cones.


Give reasons for the following:
The Circum-Pacific Belt of volcanoes is called ‘The Ring of Fire’.


Answer the following:

Plate margins are zones of great volcanic activity.


Give one word for the following :
The funnel shaped hollow at the top of a volcanic cone.


Give one word for the following :
The lava which is poor in silica and rich in iron and magnesium.


Give one word for the following :
A volcano which has the possibility of erupting in future.


Which type of lavas weather into more fertile soil. Name also one useful feature of volcanicity other than soil fertility.


Which four of the following words are connected with volcanic activity:
Karst, crater, drumlin, stalactite, gully, potholesl, ash, basalt, swallow, holes, dyke, domes, bluffs.


What is the following :
Fissure type of volcanoes


Choose the odd one


Describe the classification of volcanoes based on the eruptions.


Choose the odd one.

Stromboli, Helens, Hawaii, Fujiyama


Choose the odd one

An active volcano, Dormant volcano, Extinct Volcano, Shield volcano


Choose the odd one

Mt. Popa, Mt. Fujiyama, Mt. Kilimanjaro, Mt. Kenya.


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