Earth Movements — Geography STD 11 Commerce / Arts — Question

Diego Garcia is an atoll which was first discovered by the Europeans and named by the ……………………

This landform develops due to depositional work of wind. The windward slope of this landform is gentle.

The salts of calcium, sodium etc., present in rocks have a tendency to expand, this leads to ………………..

Where two tributary glaciers join together, their lateral moraines merge underneath …………………

The oceanic trenches generally occur along plate boundaries and are associated with …………………

Earthquakes are recorded with the help of ………………. instrument.

Loss of homes, permanent changes in the position of river channel and adverse effects on tourism in an affected area due to an earthquake etc., are ……………..

Water or snow enters the cracks in the rocks and makes it weak. When the glacier passes on these rocks, it pulls the rocks at the bottom along with it. This process is called

Sometimes, the lava material thrown into the air solidifies into small fragments before falling on the surface; it is called ………………

Most of the trenches of the Indian Ocean are located towards its ………………… boundary.