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Question : 22
A new type of El Nino called El Nino Modoki appeared in the news. In this context, consider the following statements:
- Normal El Nino forms in the Central Pacific Ocean whereas El Nino Modoki forms in Eastern Pacific Ocean
- Normal El Nino results in diminished hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean but El Nino Modoki results in a greater number of hurricanes with greater frequency.
a) Neither 1 nor 2
b) Both 1 and 2
c) 1 only
d) 2 only
Answer »Answer: (d)
Normal El Nino forms in south–eastern Pacific whereas as El Nino Modoki forms in central Pacific and causes greater number of hurricanes.
Question : 23
Which one of the following statements is not true about the subsidence theory of Coral reefs?
a) Reef building starts from submarine plate form.
b) Fringing reef, barrier reef and atolls are successive stages of coral reef development.
c) The theory has been postulated by Charles Darwin.
d) According to the theory coral polyps grow both in shallow and deep oceanic waters.
Answer »Answer: (d)
Coral polyps are tiny, soft-bodied organisms related to sea anemones and jellyfish. At their base is a hard, protective limestone skeleton called a calicle, which forms the structure of coral reefs.
Reefs begin when a polyp attaches itself to a rock on the seafloor, then divides, or buds, into thousands of clones. As per darwin’s theory polyps grow only in shallow ocean water.
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