(Caravan) Volcanoes and Earthquakes + Desert n Plains Flashcards
The earthquakes waves which have transverse movements are known as
Secondry waves
The instrument of Seismograph is used in the study of
Earthqaukes
During an earthquake, the major destruction is caused by the energy released due to
Seismic Waves
____ measures the strength or magnitude of an earthquake
Ritcher Scale
Ring Of Fire refers to the ring of volocanoes present in
Circum-Pacific Seismic Belt
the Ring of Fire is a major area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur. it is associated with a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches, volcanic arcs, and volcanic belts and plate movements.
Volcanic eruptions occur due to
Conversion of rocks in the deeper layers of earth’s crust to a molten state of magma
Factor of Earthquake occurences
- Sudden cooling and contraction of the earth’s surface
- Acitvity of dormant volcanoes
- Change of water in to steam due to internal heat and its expansion
A crack in the earth’s crust through which hot magma and gases forces out is called
Volcano
____ island was epicentre of Tsunami on 26 Dec 2004
sumatra
______ Phenomena is the responsible for the formation of the highest mountains
Volcanic Activites
Volcanic Mt. Etna is located in
Italy, Sicily
Fujiyama?
A volcano mountain in Japan
Stromboli volcano is located in
Sicilly ; Italy
Mt Katmai valley in Alaska is known as the
Valley of ten thousand smokes
Hibok volcano which exploded in ___ present in
1951
Philippines
Vesuvius is te name of
Volcano mountainn in Italy
The Devil Tower
volcano in USA
The largest volcano crater in the world is
Toba (Indonesia)
Tsaunami hit the area of Makran in
1946
___ countries were effected from the Tsaunami of 2004
12
Quetta city was completely destroyed to Earthquake of
1935
30,000 died
An earthquake of _____ magnitude on richter scale hit the norhtern areas of Pak and Azad Kashmir on
7.6
8th Oct 2005
73,276 died
The epicenter of Earthquake of 2005 was
earthquake’s epicentre was located in the Hindu Kush mountains, near the town of Garhi Habibullah,
Largest desert in the world
Present in North Africa
Sahara
Ogaden desert is in
Africa
Ethopia
the Kalhari desert
large semi-arid sandy savanna in Southern Africa extending for 900,000 square kilometres (350,000 sq mi), covering much of Botswana, parts of Namibia and regions of South Africa.
Dasht e Lut desert is in
Iran
Sonoran Desert is in
Mexico
Great victoria desert is in
Australia
Simpson desert is in
Australia
Kyzulkum desert is presend in
Uzbekistan and Kazkhstan
Gibson desert is in
Australia
What is horiculture
Cultivation of flowers and fruits
Atacama desert located in
Chile
____ valley is also a rift valley
The Rhine Valley
There are ___ types of desert
4
Hot and dry desert. The four major North American deserts of this type are the Chihuahuan, Sonoran, Mojave and Great Basin. …
Semiarid desert. The major deserts of this type include the sagebrush of Utah, Montana and Great Basin. …
Coastal desert. …
Cold desert.
Second largest desert of the world
Arabian Desert
Total area of Sahara
84,00,000 sq.km
Karakum desert is in
Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan
Thar desert is of which of the following type
Subetropical Desert
Majaway desert is in
USA
Namibian desert is in
North Africa
Gobi desert is in
Mangolia
Rub-al-Khali desert?
the largest contiguous sand desert (erg) in the world, encompassing most of the southern third of the Arabian Peninsula. including parts of Saudi Arabia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.[2] It is part of the larger Arabian Desert.
Taklamakan desert is in
CHINA
Rank of thar desert in the world; also known as ____ desert
9th
Friendly Desert
Death Valley Desert
located in USA
Calafornia
