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Run the theory datesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the boundary wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Wegener or plate tectonicsRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the boundariesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Plate tectonics bingoRead the answer and worked solution →A lowland of faint relief left by stream erosion, dotted with monadnocks, is a:Read the answer and worked solution →Which deep valley is nearly equal in width at its top and bottom, with very steep sides?Read the answer and worked solution →Canyons commonly form in which kind of rock?Read the answer and worked solution →Large deep holes at the base of waterfalls are called:Read the answer and worked solution →River terraces at the same height on both sides of a river are called:Read the answer and worked solution →The cone-shaped deposit where a mountain stream breaks onto a gentle plain is an:Read the answer and worked solution →Unlike alluvial fan deposits, the deposits making up deltas are:Read the answer and worked solution →Low linear ridges of coarse deposits along the banks of large rivers are:Read the answer and worked solution →Point bars, also called meander bars, form on which side of a meander?Read the answer and worked solution →Deep meander loops cut off at their inflection points are left as:Read the answer and worked solution →Karst topography takes its name from a limestone region in the:Read the answer and worked solution →Long narrow trenches formed when sinkholes and dolines join are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Which limestone cave deposits rise up from the floor?Read the answer and worked solution →The Bhagirathi is fed by meltwater from the snout of which glacier?Read the answer and worked solution →A lake left in a cirque after the glacier disappears is a:Read the answer and worked solution →Matterhorn and Everest are examples of which glacial landform?Read the answer and worked solution →Deep glacial troughs filled with sea water along high-latitude coasts are:Read the answer and worked solution →The unassorted coarse and fine debris dropped by melting glaciers is glacial:Read the answer and worked solution →A sinuous ridge of coarse material left by a stream flowing under the ice is an:Read the answer and worked solution →India's west coast is described as which type of coast?Read the answer and worked solution →A barrier bar keyed up to the headland of a bay is called a:Read the answer and worked solution →Crescent-shaped dunes with wings pointing downwind are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the glacial landformsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the karst featuresRead the answer and worked solution →

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Run the theory dates

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Questions
  1. Correct
    1596
    Choices
    1. 1596
    2. 1912
    3. 1930
  2. Correct
    1912
    Choices
    1. 1596
    2. 1912
    3. 1930
  3. Correct
    1930
    Choices
    1. 1596
    2. 1912
    3. 1930
  4. Correct
    1961
    Choices
    1. 1961
    2. 1964
    3. 1967
  5. Correct
    1964
    Choices
    1. 1961
    2. 1964
    3. 1967
  6. Correct
    1967
    Choices
    1. 1961
    2. 1964
    3. 1967
Instructions
Pick the lane with the right year for each idea.
_Source: syllabus Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter 4, Distribution of Oceans and Continents._

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Slice the boundary words

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Does not match the category
  1. Tillite
  2. Placer
  3. Lemuria
  4. Pangaea
Matches the category
  1. Divergent
  2. Convergent
  3. Transform
  4. Subduction
  5. Spreading
Instructions
Slice only the plate boundary terms. Spare the drift evidence.
_Source: syllabus Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter 4, Distribution of Oceans and Continents._

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Wegener or plate tectonics

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Upper category
Wegener
Lower category
Tectonics
Items
  1. Category
    Wegener
    Item
    Pangaea
  2. Category
    Wegener
    Item
    Tidal
  3. Category
    Wegener
    Item
    Pole-flee
  4. Category
    Wegener
    Item
    Jig-saw
  5. Category
    Tectonics
    Item
    Plates
  6. Category
    Tectonics
    Item
    Subduction
  7. Category
    Tectonics
    Item
    Convection
  8. Category
    Tectonics
    Item
    Sea floor
Instructions
Send each idea to Wegener's drift theory or to plate tectonics.
_Source: syllabus Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter 4, Distribution of Oceans and Continents._

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