NPTEL Conservation Geography Week 2 Assignment Answers 2024
1. which of these is true about P waves?
- these are longitudinal waves
- these are transverse in nature
- they cannot move through gases
- they cannot move through liquids
Answer :- a
2. inclusions are older than the host rock. this is known as
- principle of superposition
- principle of original horizontality
- principle of lateral continuity
- principle of inclusions
Answer :- d
3. Mount Fuji is an example pf
- shield volcano
- stratovolcano
- caldera
- flood basalt province
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4. layers of rocks deposited from above (e.g. sediments and lava flows) are originally laid down horizontally. this is known as
- principe of superposition
- principe of original horizontality
- principe of lateral continuity
- principe of inclusions
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5. which of these is not a method of absolute dating?
- radioisotope dating
- thermoluminescence dating
- inclusion study
- fission track dating
Answer :-
6. which of these is true about S waves?
- they are longitudinal in nature
- they are transverse in nature
- they cannot move through solids, liquids and gases
- they are the first to reach the surface of the Earth
Answer :-
7. which of these is an example of direct source of information about Earth?
- earthquake
- volcanic eruption
- magnetic survey
- gravity anomaly
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8. assemblage of fossils are unique to the time that they lived in, and so can be used to age rocks across a wide geographic distribution. this is known as
- principle of fossil succession
- principle of original horizontality
- principle of superposition
- principle of cross- cutting relationships
Answer :-
9. within a depositional basin, strata are laterally continuous in all directions till the edge basin. this is known as
- principle of superposition
- principle of original horizontality
- principle of lateral continuity
- principle of inclusions
Answer :-
10. Krakatoa eruptions resulted in the formation of
- shield volcano
- stratovolcano
- caldera
- flood basalt province
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