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Multiple choice geography our changing earth earthquake earthquakes earth's movement and creation of landforms

Depositional work of glaciers along the sides of it is known as ______________.

  1. Drumlins

  2. Eskers

  3. Moraine

  4. Erratics
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Explanation

Glacial deposition is the settling of sediments left behind by a moving glacier. As glaciers move over the land, they pick up sediments and rocks. The mixture of unsorted sediment deposits carried by the glacier is called glacial till. Piles of till deposited along the edges of past glaciers are called moraines.

Multiple choice geography our changing earth earthquake earthquakes earth's movement and creation of landforms

Origin of typical land form of glacier i.e. Drumlins is _____________.

  1. Due to erosion

  2. Due to accumulation

  3. Both (A) and (B)

  4. None of these
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Explanation

Drumlin, oval or elongated hill believed to have been formed by the streamlined movement of glacial ice sheets across rock debris, or till. The name is derived from the Gaelic word druim (“rounded hill,” or “mound”) and first appeared in 1833.

Multiple choice geography our changing earth earthquake earthquakes earth's movement and creation of landforms

Large deposited material at the mouth of glacier is known as _________.

  1. Kame

  2. Kettle

  3. Eratics

  4. Fjord
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Larger pieces of rock that are encrusted in till or deposited on the surface are called "glacial eratics". They range in size from pebbles to boulders, but as they are often moved great distances, they may be drastically different from the material upon which they are found.

Multiple choice geography our changing earth earthquake earthquakes earth's movement and creation of landforms

Point out the term which describes the action of glacier and its effects on the previous landscape?

  1. Glacioscerpe

  2. Glaciations

  3. Fluvialglacio

  4. None of these
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Fluvioglacial landforms are landforms molded by glacial meltwater. This discharge of glacial streams, both over the surface and beneath the ice sheet, is higher in the warmer summer months. As subglacial water often flows under pressure, it has a high velocity and is very turbulent.

Multiple choice geography our changing earth earthquake earthquakes earth's movement and creation of landforms

What causes days and nights?

  1. Earth's rotation

  2. Earth's revolution

  3. Sun's rotation

  4. Sun's revolution
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The Earth is a non-luminous body but the sun is luminous. As the earth is rotating around its axis, half of its portion is facing the sun and the other half is entirely dark due to the absence of sun. In other words, half of the globe have day and on the other half, it is a night. As the earth is rotating around the sun its every part is exposed to Sun within every 24 hours this rotation causes days and nights.

Multiple choice geography our changing earth earthquake earthquakes earth's movement and creation of landforms study of continents - north america endogenic process and creation of mountains

What is "Barkan"?

  1. Name of Sand dune

  2. Name of Village

  3. Name of Tree

  4. Name of Mountain
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Explanation

Barkan is a crescent-shaped sand dune produced by the action of wind predominately from one direction. One of the commonest types of dunes, it occurs in sandy deserts all over the world.

Multiple choice geography our changing earth earthquake earthquakes earth's movement and creation of landforms

Earth takes 365 days to ___________.

  1. Rotate around the sun

  2. Rotate around itself

  3. Revolve around the sun

  4. Revolve around itself
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Explanation

Earth takes about 365 1/4 days to revolve around the sun. As we take 365 days for a year, the difference of 1/4 of a day requires adjustment. This is why we add one day to February every four years.

Multiple choice geography our changing earth earthquake earthquakes earth's movement and creation of landforms

The axis of rotation of the earth is __________.

  1. Vertical

  2. Horizontal

  3. Tilted

  4. Both A and B
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1;The earth rotates around its vertical axis. The axis is an imaginary line passing through the centre of the earth. Its two ends on the surface are called North and South poles The Earth completes one rotation in 24 hours. 

2:The Earth's axis is vertical, meaning it runs up and down. (A rolling log, on the other hand, has a horizontal axis, meaning it runs sideways.) The Earth's axis runs from the North Pole to the South Pole. It takes the Earth 24 hours, or one day, to make one complete rotation around this invisible line