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Question
Name one useful feature of vulcanicity other than soil fertility.
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Solution
The molten rocks of vulcanicity are of considerable environmental significance other than soil fertility since it is the direct or indirect cause of several classes of landforms. Basic lava weather into more fertile soils.
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What do you understand by ‘Vulcanism’?
What is the following:
Caldera
What is the following:
Mud volcanoes
Distinguish between the following pair of terms associated with vulcanicity:
Crater and Caldera
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 |
Answer the following:
Earthquakes are common in the belt of young fold mountains.
Give one word for the following :
The region where there are highest number of geysers and hot springs.
How many major zones of volcanic activities in the world?
The upper part of the earth’s crust ______.
Choose the odd one
Vesuvius, Stromboli, St.Helena, Etna.
