Earth Movements — Geography STD 11 Commerce / Arts — Question

The ……………….. plays a big role in stabilizing slopes.

A – Continental shelf is a storehouse of mineral oil and natural gas.
R – Continental shelf receives large quantities of load from continental areas.

The Bundle Island is located near the coast of …………………….

A – Gravity is a major factor in mass wasting.
R – Gravity pulls all things down to the earth’s surface.

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

A – Freeze and thaw weathering is common in desert areas.
R – Water gets into cracks and breaks the rocks.

Around the world the jellyfish seem to be reproducing heavily and congregating in places because of ………………

Rocks can break because of …………….

To the east of …………………. lie the islands like Reunion, Mauritius, Seychelles, Socotra.

A – Surface water helps solifluction.
R – Water table is responsible for the same.