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Discover These Facts About Plateaus!

3rd - 10th grades
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1 Question
πριν 30 δευτερόλεπτα
Q.

The largest and highest plateau in the world is the ________ Plateau.


Colorado 

Tibetan

Polar

2 Question
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The Tibetan Plateau is continuously formed through the collision of two tectonic plates, the ___________ and the Eurasian plate.


European 

North Asian 

Indo-Australian

3 Question
πριν 30 δευτερόλεπτα
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_________ plateau is referred to as the Polar Plateau.


Antarctic

Tibetian 

Volcano

4 Question
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A large plateau in North America is the ____________ which covers about 337,000 square kilometres in Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico.


Mexican Plateau 

Hill Plateau 

Colorado Plateau

5 Question
πριν 30 δευτερόλεπτα
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Plateaus are either formed through movements of tectonic plates or by the build-up of lava from a volcano.


True

False

6 Question
πριν 30 δευτερόλεπτα
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How are volcanic plateaus formed?


Volcanic eruption

Lava formation 

Cooling of Volcano

7 Question
πριν 30 δευτερόλεπτα
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It is one of the four major landforms alongside plains, mountains, and ________.


River 

Hills

Ocean

8 Question
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When a volcano erupts, hot molten rock called ________ escapes from inside the Earth.


Magma

Lava 

Mountain

9 Question
πριν 30 δευτερόλεπτα
Q.

A plateau with a lot of erosion is called a __________ plateau.


Deccan 

Disconnected

Lava

10 Question
πριν 30 δευτερόλεπτα
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The Columbia Plateau in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and the _________ of west-central India were formed by these runny lava flows.


Deccan Plateau

Mine Plateau 

Erotic Plateau

11 Question
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The ___________ in the Indian Ocean is one of the few underwater features clearly visible from space.


Polar Plateau 

Mascarene Plateau

Peninsula Plateau

12 Question
πριν 30 δευτερόλεπτα
Q.

What is a plateau famous for?


Vitamins  

Tablets  

Minerals

13 Question
πριν 30 δευτερόλεπτα
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In geology and physical geography, a plateau, also called a __________.


Tableland

High-land 

Tabloid

14 Question
πριν 30 δευτερόλεπτα
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A plateau is an elevated flat land that is different from the surrounding volcanoes.


True 

False

15 Question
πριν 30 δευτερόλεπτα
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The __________ plateaus formed by the uplifting in the Earth’s crust.


Disconnected 

Volcanic  

Dissecting