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Where is the Brahmaputra River located?
in the Western Ghats
in the Himalayan Mountains
in the Deccan Plateau
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Who came up with the Continental Drift Theory?
Albert Einstien
Alfred Wegner
Kobi Bryant
Kim Kardashian
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Which of the following can occur because of plate boundary movement?
Earthquake Activity
New Cities
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Which of the following is NOT evidence for continental drift?
The moon rises higher each night
There are glacial scars in warm places such as India
There is a big crack in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean
Fossils of the same organism are found across the ocean
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Plateau is flat elevated land
True
False
6
What are three mountain ranges in India
Himalaya, Hindu Kush, and Ghats
Deccan, Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats
Everest, Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats
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Alfred Wegner named the one large continent
Pangaea
Gondwandaland
Eurasia
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Why are the Himalayas Important to Many
Make rivers which help sail
Give power to India
Make Rivers which provide Water
Tourist Money
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Alfred Wegner was a
astronormer
meteorologist
Geologist
geophysicist
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India is a subcontinent
True
False
12
What connects the India subcontinent to Central Asia by forming a gap between mountains
Khyber Pass
Kush Mountains
Afghan Tunnel
Sarasvati River
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What were the names of the two colliding plates that formed the Himalayas?
Eurasian and Indian
Eurasian and Cocos
14
How fast are the continents moving?
About 1 inch per year
About 1 foot every million years
About 60 mph
About 4 miles every year
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A strong wind that often brings huge amounts of rain
Drought
Monsoon
Tornado
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What are Three Rivers in India
Ganga, Indus and Brahmaputra
Tom Brady
Brahmaputra, Ganga and Nile
Charles, Red, and Blue
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Where is the Deccan Plateau Located in India
North
South
West
East
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Why does California have more earthquakes than Connecticut?
It has a history of more earthquakes
It's larger so it has a larger chance
Connecticut has the same amount of earthquakes as CA
It's located on a plate boundary and CT is in the middle
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What was the main river which people settled next to first?
Indus
Deccan
Ganges
20
The sliding of seafloor beneath a continent or island arc is known as
Recycling
Rifting
Obduction
Subduction
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What's causing the continents to move?
Different temperatures in the ocean
Convection currents in the atmosphere
Waves are pushing them through the ocean
Different temperatures within the Earth
22
the southern super continent was called
Glossopteris
Pangea
Laurentia
Gonwanaland
23
Brahmaputra joins Ganga River
False
True
24
Name a location where the plates are diverging
In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean
Between South America and the Pacific Ocean
Between India and China
Between California and the Pacific Ocean
25
The collective area of the Himalayan Rivers houses around 3 billion people (nearly 50% of world population)
True
False
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True or false. The biggest mountain in the Himalayas is Mt. Everest.
True
Trick Question (Debatable)
False
