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The huge mass of ice and snow moving slowly is called __________.

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  1. glacier

  2. moraine

  3. magma

  4. lava

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The moving ice mass downslope under the impact of gravity is called a glacier. About 10 percent of the earth's surface is now covered by the glacier. Glacier is formed due to the accumulation of ice above snow-line under extreme cold climate.

What is the name for an amphitheater-like hollow that forms at the head of a glacier?

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  1. Kettle

  2. Moraine

  3. Cirque

  4. Horn

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Cirque is a bowl-shaped, amphitheater-like depression eroded into the head or the side of a glacier valley. Typically, a cirque has a lip at its lower end. A cirque may also be a similarly shaped landform arising from fluvial erosion.

Which of the following agents of erosion deposits the most poorly sorted sediment?

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  1. Wind

  2. Streams

  3. Ice

  4. Ocean currents

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Ice is the poorest sorter of sediment. Glaciers can transport almost any size sediment easily, and when ice flow slows down or stops, the sediment is not deposited, due to the density of the ice. As a result, sediments deposited directly by ice when it melts are usually very poorly sorted. Significant sorting only occurs in glacial sediments that are subsequently transported by melt water from the glacier. Wind, on the other hand, is the best sorter of sediment, because it can usually only transport sediment that ranges in size from sand to clay. Occasional variation in wind speed during transport serves to further sort out these sediment sizes.

Due to the denudation work of __________ moraines are formed.

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  1. glaciers

  2. wind

  3. river

  4. magma

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

When glaciers melt or recede they deposit the rock materials brought by them in heaps of various shapes and size. These are known as moraines. Moraines are depositional feature and consist of rock materials of heterogeneous shape and size.

Which of the following is NOT a member of the solar system?

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  1. An asteroid

  2. A satellite

  3. A constellation

  4. A comet

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Constellation is a group of stars that forms a distinctive pattern in the night sky. Constellation is not a part of the solar system

Sirius can be located by which constellation?

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  1. The great Bear

  2. Cassiopeia

  3. Orion

  4. Leo Major

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Sirius is located close to Orion. If an imaginary straight line is made to pass through the middle stars of Orion towards the East, it leads to Sirius.

To be known as a constellation, a collection of stars should form

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  1. a geometric form

  2. a recognisable shape

  3. a straight line

  4. a circular form

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A group of stars forming a recognisable shape is called a constellation. Those were made by ancient people for easy recognition of stars.

Fill in the blanks:

In Ursa Major, _______ stars form the shape of the handle and ______ stars form the shape of the bowl of the ladle respectively.
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  1. $4, 3$

  2. $5, 6$

  3. $3, 4$

  4. $2, 5$

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The $7$ prominent stars of Ursa Major for the shape of a big ladle in which $3$ stars form the handle and the other $4$ form the bowl of the ladle.

The other name(s) for Ursa Major is / are

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  1. the Big Dipper

  2. the Saptarshi

  3. the Great Bear

  4. all of the above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The other names for Ursa Major are the Big Dipper, the Great Bear and the Saptarshi.

Identify the wrong statement about Ursa major.
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  1. It can be used to locate Pole star.

  2. It is seen during winter.

  3. It is also called the Big Dipper.

  4. It has 7 prominent stars.

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Ursa Major can be used to locate the Pole star by extending an imaginary straight line towards the north from the last tow stars.

It is also known as the Big dipper and has 7 bright prominent stars which look like a question mark. 
It is seen during summer season and not during winter.