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Which ridge has the slowest plate movement, under 2.5 cm a year?Read the answer and worked solution →The Tethys Sea separated India from Asia until about:Read the answer and worked solution →India collided with Asia about how many million years ago?Read the answer and worked solution →The outpouring of Deccan Trap lava began around:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the minor platesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the drift evidenceRead the answer and worked solution →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 →

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Which ridge has the slowest plate movement, under 2.5 cm a year?

  1. Arctic Ridge
  2. Pacific Rise
  3. Atlantic Ridge
  4. Java Trench
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Correct answer: A. Arctic Ridge

1. Magnetic strips reveal the rates. 2. The Arctic Ridge is slowest. 3. The East Pacific Rise near Easter Island is fastest. _Source: syllabus Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter 4, Distribution of Oceans and Continents._

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The Tethys Sea separated India from Asia until about:

  1. 500 million years ago
  2. 225 million years ago
  3. 40 million years ago
  4. 60 million years ago
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Correct answer: B. 225 million years ago

1. India was an island off Australia. 2. The Tethys separated it till about 225 million years ago. 3. India moved north when Pangaea broke. _Source: syllabus Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter 4, Distribution of Oceans and Continents._

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India collided with Asia about how many million years ago?

  1. 60-70
  2. 10-20
  3. 40-50
  4. 200-225
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Correct answer: C. 40-50

1. The collision caused rapid uplift. 2. It happened 40 to 50 million years ago. 3. The Himalayas are still rising. _Source: syllabus Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter 4, Distribution of Oceans and Continents._

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