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| 3326 |
What is an example of a direct source of information about the interior of the earth?
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VOLCANOES.
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| 3327 |
What are the rocks formed by lava cooling in the crust called?
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Plutonic rocks.
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| 3328 |
What are the rocks formed by lava cooling on the surface called?
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Volcanic rocks.
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| 3329 |
What are the intrusive forms of volcanic landforms?
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Lacoliths, Phacoliths, Batholiths, Dykes.
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| 3330 |
What is the term for the lava that has cooled and solidified while still in the crustal portion?
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Intrusive Forms (of igneous rocks).
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| 3331 |
What is an example of an earthquake caused by Reservoir Induced Seismicity (RIS)?
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1967 Koyana Earthquake in India and 2008 Sichuan earthquake in China.
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| 3332 |
What does RIS stand for in the context of earthquakes?
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Reservoir Induced Seismicity.
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| 3333 |
What types of earthquakes occur in the Mid Oceanic Ridges belt?
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Only shallow type earthquakes.
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| 3334 |
What causes the earthquakes in the Trans Eurasian Mountain belt?
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Convergence or Collision.
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| 3335 |
What types of earthquakes occur in the Circum Pacific Belt?
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Shallow, Intermediate type and Deep type.
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| 3336 |
What is the main reason for the maximum earthquake occurrence in the Circum Pacific Belt?
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Subduction.
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| 3337 |
Which earthquake belt has the maximum earthquake occurrence in the World?
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Circum Pacific Belt.
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| 3338 |
What are the movements that transfer the mass of rock debris down the slopes under the direct influence of gravity called?
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Mass Movements.
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| 3339 |
Which country has large deposits of Loess?
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China.
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| 3340 |
What are large deposits of very fine and light sand carried over long distances by wind called?
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Loess.
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| 3341 |
What are the low hill-like structures where wind-transported sand is deposited called?
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Sand Dunes.
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| 3342 |
What are rocks in deserts with a narrower base and wider top, eroded by wind, commonly called?
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Mushroom Rocks.
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| 3343 |
What is an active agent of erosion and deposition in the deserts?
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Wind.
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| 3344 |
What are the deep, long, and wide troughs or basins with very steep high walls often found at the heads of glacial valleys?
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Cirques.
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| 3345 |
What is the moraine forming at the melting front of a glacier called?
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Terminal Moraine.
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| 3346 |
What are the moraines deposited at either side of a glacier called?
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Lateral Moraines.
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| 3347 |
What is the largest single glacier outside the poles?
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Siachin Glacier.
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| 3348 |
What are the deposits of material carried by a glacier (unconsolidated glacial debris) called?
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Glacial Moraines.
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| 3349 |
What are the "rivers" of ice that erode the landscape called?
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Glaciers.
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| 3350 |
What are the sediments deposited along the shores by sea waves called?
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Beaches.
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