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Solutions for Chapter 8: Volcanoes

Below listed, you can find solutions for Chapter 8 of CISCE Rachna Sapra for Geography [English] Class 9 ICSE.


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SOLVE AND SCORE [Pages 77 - 79]

Rachna Sapra solutions for Geography [English] Class 9 ICSE 8 Volcanoes SOLVE AND SCORE [Pages 77 - 79]

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs):

A 1.Page 77

Which among the following is not a reason for eruption of volcanoes?

  • Seismic activity

  • Cyclones

  • Movement of tectonic plates

  • All of these

A 2.Page 77

What does the term ‘fault in the crust’ mean?

  • Deformity

  • Valley

  • Gap in the crust

  • All of these

A 3.Page 77

The ______ inside the crust supplies the magma for the volcanic eruption.

  • Crater

  • Vent

  • Laccolith

  • Magma chamber

A 4.Page 77

Dormant volcanoes are more dangerous than active volcanoes. This is because ______.

  • Dormant volcanoes are more violent than active volcanoes

  • Dormant volcanoes cause more destruction

  • There is high level of uncertainty associated with dormant volcanoes

  • Dormant volcanoes are located in inhabited areas.

A 5.Page 77

Barren island, the only active volcano of India is located in the ______.

  • The Himalayas

  • Andaman and Nicobar Islands

  • Lakshadweep Islands

  • Deccan Trap

A 6.Page 77

The scientists who study volcanoes are called the ______.

  • Volcanologists

  • Volconologists

  • Vulcanologists

  • None of them

A 7.Page 77

Intrusive landforms are formed inside the earth when the magma solidifies in different shapes. These are ______.

  • Batholith

  • Laccolith

  • Lapolith

  • All of these

A 8.Page 78

The intrusive landform in the shape of a saucer is called ______.

  • Batholith

  • Laccolith

  • Lapolith

  • Phacolith

A 9.Page 78

Which of the following is an extrusive landform?

  • Sill

  • Dyke

  • Cinder cone

  • Laccolith

A 10.Page 78

Volcanoes happen to affect the groundwater as well. Which of the following is not an example of association of volcano and groundwater?

  • Geyser

  • Hot spring

  • Mudpool

  • Dyke

A 11.Page 78

Extrusive landforms are formed when the lava cools down after coming out on the surface of the earth. Lava is made up ______.

  • Marble

  • Basalt

  • Limestone

  • Sandstone

A 12.Page 78

Which of the following countries is known to have large number of geysers?

  • Greenland

  • Iceland

  • Antarctica

  • Ukraine

A 13.Page 78

Which of the following oceans experience maximum volcanic eruptions?

  • Pacific

  • Atlantic

  • Arctic

  • Indian

A 14.Page 78

Which of the following does not belong to the Alpine-Himalayan belt?

  • Alps

  • Andes

  • Hindukush

  • Vesuvius

A 15.Page 78

Hot springs and geysers are rare phenomenon. However, in few countries, their hot water is used to heat up the buildings. This statement holds true for which of the following countries?

  • USA

  • New Zealand

  • Mexicо

  • South Africa

Assertion-Reason Based Questions: Four options are given for each question. Choose the correct option for your answer.

B 1.Page 78

Assertion (A): Volcanoes usually erupt at the fault lines.

Reason (R): Faults provide the gap to the gases and magma to escape out.

  • Both A and R are true and R is the correct reason for A.

  • Both A and R are true but R is not the correct reason for A.

  • A is true and R is false.

  • A is false and R is true.

B 2.Page 78

Assertion (A): Extinct volcanoes have not shown any activity for a long historic period.

Reason (R): The vent of these volcanoes have got closed with a plug.

  • Both A and R are true and R is the correct reason for A.

  • Both A and R are true but R is not the correct reason for A.

  • A is true and R is false.

  • A is false and R is true.

B 3.Page 78

Assertion (A): Volcanoes act as natural safety valves.

Reason (R): Volcanoes help in releasing the intense pressure which builds up inside the earth.

  • Both A and R are true and R is the correct reason for A.

  • Both A and R are true but R is not the correct reason for A.

  • A is true and R is false.

  • A is false and R is true.

B 4.Page 78

Assertion (A): Mid oceanic ridge has not shown any volcanic active in recent past.

Reason (R): Mid oceanic ridge runs through the centre of five oceans.

  • Both A and R are true and R is the correct reason for A.

  • Both A and R are true but R is not the correct reason for A.

  • A is true and R is false.

  • A is false and R is true.

B 5.Page 78

Assertion (A): Intrusive type of landforms are built when magma cools down inside the Earth.

Reason (R): The intrusive landforms get exposed when the layer of overlying rocks gets eroded.

  • Both A and R are true and R is the correct reason for A.

  • Both A and R are true but R is not the correct reason for A.

  • A is true and R is false.

  • A is false and R is true.

Source-based Questions:

CPage 78

Read the given passage and answer the following questions.

We have already learnt that the temperature inside the earth goes on increasing with the increasing depth. It becomes so high that it melts the rocks to form the molten magma. Being bad conductor of heat, they trap the heat and continue to melt to add to the volume of the magma. The formation of magma is accompanied with the formation of gases and steam which tend to expand and rise. The magma and gases find their escape to the earth’s surface through the weak points in the earth’s crust. These weak points are usually provided by the tectonic plate boundaries. The tectonic plates are constantly moving since they are placed on the molten magma. When the two plates diverge away from one another, they create a gap, also called the fault which provides an escape to the hot gases and magma to come out on the earth’s surface through the eruption of volcano. A volcano may also erupt when two plates converge, especially if one is continental plate and the other is an oceanic plate. The oceanic plate being denser than the continental plate subsides below the continental plate. It gets thrust into the mantle, where it may melt, form magma and then escape to the earth’s surface through the plate margin called the fault.
  1. Why does the temperature inside the earth increase with increasing depth?
  2. Establish the correlation between hot interior of the earth and the phenomena of volcanoes.
  3. What role do the tectonic plate boundaries play in the phenomena of volcanoes?
  4. Do you think the volcanoes would have erupted if there were no plate boundaries? What would have been the consequences of that?

Answer the following questions.

D 1. (a)Page 79

Name four types of intrusive landforms.

D 1. (b)Page 79

Mention two constructive effects of the volcano.

D 2. (a)Page 79

Write any three destructive effects of volcanoes.

D 2. (b)Page 79

Name the three main volcanic regions of the world.

D 3. (a)Page 79

What is a geyser?

D 3. (b)Page 79

Name the country where the maximum number of geysers are found.

D 3. (c)Page 79

Mention the two places in India where geothermal energy is being used to produce electricity.

D 4. (a)Page 79

Define laccoliths.

D 4. (b)Page 79

What are hot springs?

D 4. (c)Page 79

What gives the typical smell to hot spring waters?

D 5. (a)Page 79

What is the difference between magma and lava?

D 5. (b)Page 79

What is the magma chamber of a volcano?

D 5. (c)Page 79

What is the difference between a fissure of volcano and crater of a volcano?

D 6. (a)Page 79

What do you mean by a cinder cone?

D 6. (b) (i)Page 79

What is sills?

D 6. (b) (ii)Page 79

What is dykes?

D 6. (c)Page 79

Give an example of a crater lake.

D 7. (a)Page 79

Classify the volcanoes based on their frequency of eruptions.

D 7. (b) (i)Page 79

Give one example of an active volcano.

D 7. (b) (ii)Page 79

Give an example of extinct volcano.

D 7. (b) (iii)Page 79

Give one example of a dormant volcano.

D 7. (c)Page 79

Give an example of volcanic plains.

D 8. (a)Page 79

What do you understand by composite cones?

D 8. (b)Page 79

What is a caldera?

D 8. (c)Page 79

How is caldera different from a crater?

D 9. (a)Page 79

Mention the two types of extrusive landforms made by volcanoes.

D 9. (b)Page 79

What do you understand by the term phacoliths?

D 9. (c)Page 79

What does the term batholith signify?

D 10. (a)Page 79

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

D 10. (b)Page 79

What is a bubbling mud pool?

D 10. (c)Page 79

Explain the formation of a volcanic plateau.

D 11. (a)Page 79

Give a geographical reason for the following:

Hot springs have medicinal properties to cure skin diseases.

D 11. (b)Page 79

Give a geographical reason for the following:

Earthquakes are closely associated with volcanic belts.

D 12. (a)Page 79

Explain the following term:

Lava

D 12. (b)Page 79

Explain the following term:

Lapolith

D 12. (c)Page 79

Explain the following term:

Caldera

D 12. (d)Page 79

Explain the following term:

Crater

Solutions for 8: Volcanoes

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