Earth & Atmosphere
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Q1.The steep walled valleys having narrow depressions and are cut by the streams and rivers are called?
Correct Answer: A
Q2.When Air vertically reaches the ground?
Correct Answer: A
Q3.Internal Digital phenomena include Volcanism, tech tonic plates and ____?
Correct Answer: C
Internal (endogenic) geological processes include volcanism, tectonic plate movement, and diastrophism (deformation of the earth's crust).
Q4.Elevated rocks blocks left standing between faults are called?
Correct Answer: C
Horsts are elevated blocks of the earth's crust left standing between two faults, bounded by grabens.
Q5.What is the Atoll?
Correct Answer: A
An atoll is a ring-shaped coral reef, island, or series of islets surrounding a lagoon.
Q6.Slate is formed by :
Correct Answer: A
Slate is a metamorphic rock formed from mudstone or volcanic ash under heat and pressure.
Q7.In fluvial process, the rills are small and shallow channels?
Correct Answer: A
Rills are small, shallow channels that can develop into larger gullies through erosion.
Q8.Gulf stream current present in which ocean?
Correct Answer: A
The Gulf Stream is a warm ocean current present in the North Atlantic Ocean.
Q9.Pynocline is a :
Correct Answer: A
A pycnocline is a layer in the ocean where water density changes rapidly with depth.
Q10.The Material found in the stream is called ?
Correct Answer: A
Per the answer key, the material deposited/found in a stream is referred to as option A.
Q11.The outer part of the earth is called?
Correct Answer: A
The crust is the outermost layer of the Earth.
Q12.Which is the hottest layer of the Earth's atmosphere?
Correct Answer: A
Q13.Winter air comes from which winds?
Correct Answer: C
Q14.Brackish Water usually found in?
Correct Answer: A
Q15.P waves have---------speed as compared to S waves in earthquake?
Correct Answer: A
Q16.Water moving into soil is called?
Correct Answer: C
Q17.Air Mass moves from?
Correct Answer: A
Q18.Which is formed in ocean over period of time?
Correct Answer: A
Q19.S Waves passes through after earthquake?
Correct Answer: A
Q20.How do scientists know that the Earth's core is made up of metal?
Correct Answer: A
The Earth's average density is much higher than the density of its surface (crustal) rocks, indicating a dense metallic core.