Answer:
1. a
2. d
3. Environmentally, potential negative effects of mining can include air, land/soil, and water pollution of different kinds. Mining produces potentially hazardous/toxic tailing waste and can leach toxic chemicals, heavy metals, and air pollutants.
4. Humans can impact the lithosphere in the following ways:- The Lithosphere is the solid outer part of the Earth. Agriculture(farming or animal husbandry):- If farmers use fertilizers, chemical fertilizers and pesticides, and insecticides then it may contaminate the soil and could also lose its soil fertility. It may also lead to soil erosion.
5. A geohazard is a geological state that may lead to widespread damage or risk. Geohazards are geological and environmental conditions and involve long-term or short-term geological processes.
Human activities, such as drilling through overpressured zones—could result in significant risk, and as such mitigation and prevention are paramount, through improved understanding of geohazards, their preconditions, causes, and implications.
6. (A)
1) Mantle
2) Outer Core
3) Inner Core
6. (A)
Answer: 2
7.
1) Weathering and Erosion
2) Compacting and Cementation
3) Sedimentry Rock
4) Weathering and Erosion
5) Metamorphic Rock
6) Igneous rock
7) Cooling
8) Weathering and Erosion
9) Heat and Pressure
8.
A) Transform Boundary
B) Convergent Boundary
C) Subduction
D) Divergent Boundary
9. Mountain Ranges
10. Himalayas
11. Divergence of continental crust create Rift Zones
12. Fault
13. Earthquakes and volcanic activity are closely related to each other. In fact, earthquakes usually accompany a volcanic eruption. Similarly, unusual earthquakes can also lead to volcanic eruptions. Before discussing the relationship between earthquakes and volcanoes, let's take a brief look at each of them individually.
14.
A) Focus
B) Epicenter
C) Fault
