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प्रश्न
What is Tsunami?
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उत्तर
- The word Tsunami is a Japanese term that means harbour waves.
- It refers to large seismically generated sea waves caused by Earthquakes, submarine explosions and land slides.
- These waves travel at a great speed (more than 500 km per hour) and the length of the waves exceeds 600 km.
- These waves reach to a height of more than 15 m near sea shore and are capable of causing destruction along the coastal area.
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The movement of tectonic plates is induced by ______ energy.
The movement of plates that creates stress and tension in the rocks causing them to stretch and cracks result in ______.
- Mt. Fuji is a dormant volcano.
- Mt. Kilimanjaro is a dormant volcano.
- Mt. Tanzania is a dormant volcano.
Which of the statement(s) is/are true?
What is a Volcano?
How are volcanoes classified based on the periodicity of their eruptions?
In ______ boundary, the plates slide horizontally past each other.
An opening serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, magma, etc. is called ______.
Match the following:
| (a) | Convergent Boundary | (i) | Away from each other |
| (b) | Divergent Boundary | (ii) | Tectonic Plates |
| (c) | Transform Boundary | (iii) | Towards each other |
| (d) | Huge slabs of rocks | (iv) | Folding |
| (e) | Lateral compressional forces | (v) | Horizontally past each other |
Match the following:
| (a) | Active Volcano | (i) | Mt. Kilimanjaro |
| (b) | Dormant Volcano | (ii) | Strata Volcano |
| (c) | Extinct Volcano | (iii) | Mt. St. Helens |
| (d) | Composite Volcano | (iv) | Mt. Fuji |
| (e) | Shield Volcano | (v) | Mauma loa |
Give reason for the following.
Why does the lava flow out in all directions in the shield volcano?
