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Multiple choice geography major landforms of the earth movement of the earth's plates development of landforms study of continents - north america

State whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F).
Plateaus are vast stretches of flat land.

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

True,

A plateau is a flat, elevated landform that rises sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side. Plateaus occur on every continent and take up a third of the Earths land. They are one of the four major landforms, along with mountains, plains, and hills.

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

The Himalayas are generally divided into three ranges which do not include:

  1. Siwalik

  2. Greater Himalayas

  3. Karakoram

  4. Lesser Himalayas
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Himalayas are generally divided into three ranges which are Siwalik, Greater Himalayas and Lesser Himalayas. The Karakoram or Karakorum is a large mountain range spanning the borders of Pakistan, India, and China, with the northwest extremity of the range extending to Afghanistan and Tajikistan.

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

Which of the following is the farthest from the centre of the earth?

  1. South Pole

  2. Antarctic Circle

  3. Tropic of Capricorn

  4. Equator
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Earth is an oblate spheroid, meaning it bulges at the equator and is flattened at the poles. Therefore, the equator is the point on the surface that is farthest from the center of the Earth.

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

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

  1. Mantle

  2. Crust

  3. Inner Core

  4. Outer Core
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
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.

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

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

  1. Land

  2. Ocean floor

  3. Both A & B

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Plate collisions occur at convergent boundaries, which can happen on continental landmasses (forming mountain ranges like the Himalayas) or on the ocean floor (forming deep-sea trenches and island arcs).

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

In the transform boundary, the plates ________. 

  1. slide horizontally past each other

  2. pull away from each other

  3. moves toward each other

  4. sinks under another
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

At a transform plate boundary, tectonic plates slide horizontally past one another. Crust is neither created nor destroyed at these boundaries.

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

What is the location where sinking of plate occurs called?

  1. Sinking Zone

  2. Subduction Zone

  3. Sliding Zone

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

A subduction zone is a geological process that takes place at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates where one plate moves under another and is forced to sink due to high gravitational potential energy into the mantle.