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Geography (30)Olympiad GK (30)Our Changing Earth (30)

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The lithosphere is broken into large moving pieces known as:Read the answer and worked solution →Lithospheric plates move because of the circular movement of:Read the answer and worked solution →Forces that act deep inside the earth are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Forces that work on the surface of the earth are called:Read the answer and worked solution →

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The lithosphere is broken into large moving pieces known as:

  1. Plates
  2. Planes
  3. Prisms
  4. Pillars
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Correct answer: A. Plates

1. The solid outer shell is not one single piece. 2. It is split into huge slabs that drift slowly. 3. Those slabs are plates. _Source: syllabus Our Environment, Class VII, Chapter 3, Our Changing Earth._

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Lithospheric plates move because of the circular movement of:

  1. Moving rivers
  2. Molten magma
  3. Melting snow
  4. Monsoon winds
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Correct answer: B. Molten magma

1. Something beneath the plates drags them along. 2. Hot material circulates inside the earth. 3. That material is molten magma. _Source: syllabus Our Environment, Class VII, Chapter 3, Our Changing Earth._

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Forces that act deep inside the earth are called:

  1. Endogenic
  2. Exogenic
  3. Ecologic
  4. Economic
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Correct answer: A. Endogenic

1. Forces are grouped by where they act. 2. Those acting within the interior get one name. 3. They are endogenic forces. _Source: syllabus Our Environment, Class VII, Chapter 3, Our Changing Earth._

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