Quarterly Exam- Geography Ls-3,4,5,6

Question 1

Define a rock.

Answer 1

Pg 53

Question 2

What is the difference between Rocks and Minerals?

Answer 2

Pg 53

Question 3

What are the three states of matter on our planet earth?

Answer 3

Pg 53

Question 4

What are different types of Magma?

Answer 4

Pg 54

Question 5

What are the examples of acidic and basic igneous rocks?

Answer 5

Acidic igneous rock- granite

Basic igneous - gabbro

Question 6

What are the examples of Plutonic and Hypabassal rocks?

Answer 6

Plutonic rocks- Gabbro, Granite,, Batholith

Hypabassal rocks- Sill, Dyke

Question 7

Name the igenous rocks other than intrusive ingeous rocks.

Answer 7

Batholith, Sill, Dyke, Laccolith

Question 8

What are the examples of extrusive igneous rocks.

Answer 8

Basalt, Gabbro and Obsidian.

Question 9

What minerals are found in igenous rocks?

Answer 9

Gold, silver, Zinc, Lead, aluminium, manganese, mica

Question 10

What is denudation?

Answer 10

Pg 55,53

Question 11

What are examples of calcareous rocks?

Answer 11

Limestone and chalk

Question 12

Rock salf is formed by evaporation in ____lakes.

Answer 12

Saline

Question 13

When was the carboniferous period?

Answer 13

36-86 years ago.

Question 14

What are the causes of metamorphic rocks?

Answer 14

Pg 58

Question 15

What are the characteristics of metamorphic rocks?

Answer 15

Pg 57

Question 16

What are the importance of rocks?

Answer 16

Pg 59

Question 17

What is geomorphology?

Answer 17

Pg 45

Question 18

Why is study of landforms is a primary concern to the geographer?

Answer 18

Pg 45

Question 19

What is orogeny and orogenisis?

Answer 19

Pg 46

Question 20

What are some of the young and old fold mountains?

Answer 20

Young fold mountains:
Himalayas, alps, andes, rockies
Old fold mountains:
Pennines, appalachians, the cape ranges of south amerca and the dividing range of australlia.

Question 21

What is block mountain also called and what are its examples?

Answer 21

Also called- horst

Examples: Vosges and black forest mountains and fault mountains of pakistan.

Question 22

What are residual mountains and its examples?

Answer 22

Pg 47

Question 23

What is the significance of mountains?

Answer 23

Pg 48

Question 24

What are the examples of intermontance plateaus?

Answer 24

1. Mexican plateau
2. The plateau of bolivia and peru
3. Mexican plateau
4. Columbian plateau
5. North american cordillera
6. Bolivian plateau
7. Peruvian plateau
8. Mexican plateau

Question 25

What are the examples of volcanic plateaus?

Answer 25

1. Snake river region of Idaho(USA) 2. South african plateau 3. Columbian plateau 4. Ethiopian plateau

Question 26

What is the significance o plateaus?

Answer 26

Pg 49

Question 27

What are plateaus and plains?

Answer 27

Pg 48,49

Question 28

Explain structural plains with examples.

Answer 28

Pg 49

Question 29

Explain glacial plains with examples.

Answer 29

Pg 50

Question 30

Explain depositional plains with examples.

Answer 30

Pg 50

Question 31

Explain aleolian loess plains and Lacustrine plains with examples. What are they also called?

Answer 31

Pg 50

Question 32

What is the significance and advantages of plains?

Answer 32

Pg 50,51

Question 33

What are morains?

Answer 33

Pg 57

Question 34

Explain how coal is formed.

Answer 34

Pg 57

Question 35

Previous metamorphic rocks and impervious metamorphic rocks example

Answer 35

1. Marble, slate | 2. Gneiss

Question 36

What is the use of rock on the basis of raw material for manufacturing industries?

Answer 36

Pg 59

Question 37

What other plateaus do chotanagpur plateau contain and what minerals they contain?

Answer 37

Pg 49

Question 38

What is diastrophism?

Answer 38

Pg 48