Folds and Faults

Q.

Describe how the Himalayas were formed.

Q. Which of the following is/are the fold mountains?

1. The Alps
2. The Himalayas
3. Deccan plateau
4. Kilimanjaro

Q. Which of the following are fold mountains?

1. The Alps
2. The Himalayas
3. Mount St. Helens
4. Mount Pinatubo

Q. The movement of plates sometimes creates stress in the rocks, causing them to stretch and crack. This process is called ____________.

1. rising
2. folding
3. colliding
4. faulting

Q. Plates come together and collide, and the edges of the two plates may clump together and rise up. This process is called _________.

1. rising
2. folding
3. colliding
4. faulting

Q.

Do waves carry matter?

Q. A fracture in the earth crusts is called ............

1. crack.
2. fault.
3. valley.
4. none of these

Q. A is a type of lowland between two landmasses that is formed because of the movement of tectonic plates.

1. plain
2. desert
3. mountain valley
4. rift valley

Q. Plates come together and collide, and the edges of the two plates may clump together and rise up. This process is called _________.

1. rising
2. faulting
3. folding
4. colliding

Q. Of the two main types of siesmic waves, waves move through the interior of the Earth and waves move on the surface of the Earth.

1. surface
2. body
3. electric
4. magnetic

Q. Slow acting endogenic forces are known as forces.

1. trophic
2. diastrophic
3. ditrophic

Q. Which among the Earth's tectonic plates collided with the Eurasian Plate that led to the formation of Himalayas?

1. Indo-African Plate
2. Indo-Australian Plate
3. Pacific Plate
4. Amurian Plate

Q. The movement of plates sometimes creates stress in the rocks, causing them to stretch and crack. This process is called ____________.

1. rising
2. folding
3. colliding
4. faulting

Q. Plates come together and collide, and the edges of the two plates may clump together and rise up. This process is called _________.

1. rising
2. folding
3. colliding
4. faulting

Q. The Alps and Himalayas are examples of fold mountains that are formed at convergent boundaries due to the collision of two tectonic plates.

1. True
2. False

Q. Which of the following is/are fold mountains?

1. The Alps
2. The Himalayas
3. Deccan plateau
4. Rift Valley

Q. A is a type of lowland between two landmasses that is formed because of the movement of tectonic plates.

1. desert
2. rift valley
3. plain
4. mountain valley

Q. how do scientist know that there are plates in earths surface in mantle

Q. The movement of plates sometimes creates stress in the rocks, causing them to stretch and crack. This process is called ____________.

1. rising
2. folding
3. colliding
4. faulting