Tag: volcanism

Questions Related to volcanism

Tectonic plates float independently over the _________. 

geography earthquakes and volcanoes volcanism types and features of earthquakes and volcanoes movement of the earth's plates

  1. Crust

  2. Mantle

  3. Inner Core

  4. Outer Core

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Correct Option: B

The movement of tectonic plates is due to thermal energy from  _______.

geography earthquakes and volcanoes volcanism types and features of earthquakes and volcanoes movement of the earth's plates

  1. Mantle

  2. Crust

  3. Inner Core

  4. Outer Core

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The movement of tectonic plates is due to the enormous amount of thermal energy generated in the inner core and transferred to the mantle thus, causing movement in the tectonic plates.

Option $C$ is correct.

Collisions of plates produce mountain ranges and other irregular surface features in ________.

geography earthquakes and volcanoes volcanism types and features of earthquakes and volcanoes movement of the earth's plates

  1. Land

  2. Ocean floor

  3. Both A & B

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: C

In the transform boundary, the plates ________. 

geography earthquakes and volcanoes volcanism types and features of earthquakes and volcanoes movement of the earth's plates

  1. slide horizontally past each other

  2. pull away from each other

  3. moves toward each other

  4. sinks under another

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Correct Option: A

What is the location where sinking of plate occurs called?

geography earthquakes and volcanoes volcanism types and features of earthquakes and volcanoes movement of the earth's plates

  1. Sinking Zone

  2. Subduction Zone

  3. Sliding Zone

  4. Boundary Zone

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Correct Option: B

How many million years ago, Indian Plate was a part of Gondwanaland?

geography earthquakes and volcanoes volcanism types and features of earthquakes and volcanoes movement of the earth's plates

  1. 100

  2. 120

  3. 180

  4. 250

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Correct Option: D
Approximately 140 million years ago, Indian plate broke away from the ancient
supercontinent known as  _______.
geography earthquakes and volcanoes volcanism types and features of earthquakes and volcanoes movement of the earth's plates

  1. Pangaea

  2. Gondwanaland

  3. Both A & B

  4. Angarland

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Correct Option: B

The Gondwanaland, comprised of modern Africa and _________.

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  1. Australia

  2. Antarctica

  3. South America

  4. All of these

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Correct Option: D

Continental Plates are _________.

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  1. thinner than Oceanic Plates

  2. thicker than Oceanic Plates

  3. equal in thickness to Oceanic Plates

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: B

The great rift valley of East Africa is a notable example for the process of ________.

geography earthquakes and volcanoes volcanism types and features of earthquakes and volcanoes movement of the earth's plates

  1. folding

  2. faulting

  3. volcanic activity

  4. none of the above

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Correct Option: B