Question

plese give me definations of :

litfospheric plates,

endogenic and exogenic forces,

earthquakes,

volcanos,

focus,

epicenter,

seismograph,

richter scale ,

wearing

,erosion,

waterfall,

meanders

,ox-bow lake,

flood plain,

levees,

delta,

sea caves,

arches,

stacks,

sea cliff,

glaciers,

glacial moraines,

mushroom rocks,

sand dunes and

loess

Answer 1

Earthquake

Earthquake is a natural disaster, it is the shaking of the earth due to breaking and shifting of rocks that is beneath the earth surface. It comes suddenly without any warning and causes damage to the property and sometimes take many lives of innocent people.

Volcano

Volcano is a natural disaster it is a mountain or hill, has a prater from which lava, rock fragment, hot vapour and gases comes out.

Erosion

Erosion is the process in which soil and rock from earth surface is removed by the pressure of wind or water.

Waterfall

Waterfall is a place where water flows over the edge of a steep cliffs or rocks and falls into a pool.

Glaciers

Glaciers are large masses of snow, recrystallized ice, rock and debris that accumulate, become huge in quantity and flow outward under pressure of its own weight. It is the result of excess amount of snowfall in winter and melting of ice during the summer.