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Multiple choice geography biosphere and landscape introduction to earth's landform development of landforms major landforms of the earth

Landforms are found over the continents and also on the ____________.

  1. Parks

  2. Roads

  3. Ocean floors

  4. Industries
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
The ocean floor contains all of the geographic features that can be found on the continents. Mountains, volcanoes, plains, valleys, and canyons. Also, these underwater landforms are many times taller, deeper, longer, and wider than those on dry land.
Multiple choice geography biosphere and landscape introduction to earth's landform development of landforms major landforms of the earth

Which of the following influence formation of deltas?

  1. Amount and type of sediment available

  2. Aspect and geometry of coast

  3. Waves, Rate of sedimentation

  4. All of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
  • Rivers carry a large amount of sediments with them. When rivers deposit these deposits near their mouths, before falling into to sea, a landform is formed that is known as delta. It has rich soil and the river in delta gets bifurcated into a number of streams making deltas highly fertile.
  • Formation of the delta is influenced by the amount and rate of sedimentation, shape and slope of the coast and also by the waves striking at the coast. Hence all options are correct.
Multiple choice geography biosphere and landscape introduction to earth's landform development of landforms major landforms of the earth

Average height of Tibetan Plateau is of _____________.

  1. 7200 meters

  2. 4500 meters

  3. 7300 meters

  4. 1200 meters
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

4500 meters

With an average elevation exceeding 4,500 meters (14,800 ft), the Tibetan Plateau is sometimes called "the Roof of the World" and is the world's highest and largest plateau, with an area of 2,500,000 square kilometers  (about five times the size of Metropolitan France).

Multiple choice geography biosphere and landscape introduction to earth's landform development of landforms major landforms of the earth

Which landform was a part of Gondwanaland?

  1. Tibet Plateau

  2. Peninsular plateau

  3. Main plateau

  4. Big Plateau

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
  • At one point of time, all the landmass on Earth was united as one mega continent called Pangea and whole water bodies were also unified called Panthalassa.
  • After that, the Pangea got bifurcated into the northern part as Laurasia and southern part as the Gondwanaland.
  • Peninsular India was part of Gondwanaland which moved northwards to unite with rest of India. Thus the right answer is B.
Multiple choice geography volcanoes volcanism earthquake and volcanoes development of landforms earthquakes and volcanoes types and features of earthquakes and volcanoes
What causes the sudden movements of the earth?

  1. Volcano

  2. Folding

  3. Flood plain

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Sudden movements of the earth can be noticed during the eruption of a volcano. Sudden movements, caused by sudden endogenetic forces coming from deep within the earth, cause such sudden and rapid events that these cause massive destruction at and below the earth's surface. These forces work very quickly and their results are seen within minutes.

Multiple choice geography volcanoes volcanism earthquake and volcanoes development of landforms earthquakes and volcanoes types and features of earthquakes and volcanoes

Mt. Kenya is an Extinct volcanoes in __________.

  1. South America

  2. Africa

  3. Europe

  4. Australia
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Mount Kenya is the second highest mountain in Africa, after Kilimanjaro. Mount Kenya is a stratovolcano created approximately 3 million years after the opening of the East African rift. Before glaciation, it was 7,000 m high. It was covered by an ice cap for thousands of years. This has resulted in much eroded slopes and numerous valleys radiating from the centre.

Multiple choice geography volcanoes volcanism earthquake and volcanoes development of landforms earthquakes and volcanoes types and features of earthquakes and volcanoes

Frequency of eruption serves as the basis of classification of volcanoes. Which of the following is not in this category?

  1. dormant volcanoes

  2. active volcanoes

  3. composite volcanoes

  4. extinct volcanoes
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

An active volcano is a volcano that has had at least one eruption during the past 10,000 years. An active volcano might be erupting or dormant.

An erupting volcano is an active volcano that is having an eruption...

A dormant volcano is an active volcano that is not erupting but supposed to erupt again.

An extinct volcano has not had an eruption for at least 10,000 years and is not expected to erupt again in a comparable time scale of the future.

The above classification is based on the frequency of eruption while the classification as a composite volcano is based on the structure of the volcano thus option C is the right answer.

Multiple choice geography volcanoes volcanism earthquake and volcanoes development of landforms earthquakes and volcanoes types and features of earthquakes and volcanoes

Mt. Vesuvius is regarded as active volcano but it is not erupted since ______.

  1. 1944

  2. 1945

  3. 1946

  4. 1947
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Mt Vesuvius is a volcano located in Italy which had last recorded eruption in 1944, hence A is the correct answer. It has a long history of a number of eruptions in recorded history thus it is considered as an active volcano.