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प्रश्न
Write about the Pacific Ring of fire.
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उत्तर
- Most Earthquakes and Volcanic eruptions do not strike randomly, but occur along the plate boundaries.
- One such area is the circum – Pacific Ring of Fire.
- Here the Pacific Plate meets many surrounding plates. The Ring of fire is the most seismically and volcanically active zone in the world.
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Many million years ago, India was a part of the super continent ______
Statement I: Mountain ranges are formed by the collision of tectonic plates
Statement II: The movement of tectonic plates is due to the thermal energy from the mantle.
What is Tsunami?
What is a Volcano?
What are seismic waves?
Distinguish between Divergent and convergent boundaries.
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 |
What do the internal processes generate?
Distinguish between:
Atmosphere and Biosphere.
Give an account tsunami.
