Earth Movements — Geography STD 11 Commerce / Arts — Question

Write the names of the major regions in this biome.

There is a shift of materials in mass movement as well as in transportation from one place to the other. So, why can’t both not be treated as one and the same?

Look at figure 6.1 and answer the following question.
(1)What does the figure show?
(2)In which part of the figure is the ocean shallow? Which human activities can be carried out here?
(3)In which part does deposition of sediments occur?
(4)Where in the figure do you find islands formed due to submerged mountains?
(5)Label the figure with correct names of landforms.
(6)Compare these features with the landforms on the earth.

Can folds form into block mountains? Find the reason and discuss.

In 1988, an earthquake of magnitude 6.9 struck Armenia and took 25,000 lives. On the other hand, an earthquake in 1989 in Californ ia of magnitude 7 took only 63 lives. Can you think of the reason behind this difference?

A mountain never remains a mountain’. Can you relate this idiom with the mountain building process?

Find out more differences between an ecosystem and a biome. You can use the following points: scale of area occupied, types, flow of nutrients and energy, examples, etc.

(i) Name the Gulf countries
(ii) In which direction do they lie in the Asian continent?

Rehabilitation after Earthquakes

Write the names of the major countries that lie in this biome.