The changing earth

Which of the following terms is not linked with seismic activities?

• Epicenter

• Crater

• Focus

• Richter scale

Alfred Wegener was the_______ who proposed the continental drift theory.

• Seismologist

• Geographer

• Meteorologist

• Geologist

_____is the science that studies the cause, mechanic and phenomenon of earthquakes.

• Seismology

• Geology

• Geography

• Seismologist

_____waves produce a strong shaking effect and do not pass through liquids.

• P waves

• S waves/secondary waves

• Surface waves

• Push waves

The richter scale is graded from ______.

• 0-9

• 0-10

• 0-15

• 0- 5

____ in Japan is one of the world's most beautiful volcanic mountains.

• Vesuvius

• Barren island

• Mt. Kea

• Mt. Fujiyama

______are also called sleeping volcanoes

• Active volcanoes

• Extinct volcanoes

• Dormant volcanoes

• Living volcanoes

Exogenic movements are responsible for _____.

• Mountains

• Weathering

• Plateaus

• Valleys

The belt located around the coast of the Pacific Ocean is

• Circum -Pacific Belt

• Mid Continental Belt

• Mid Atlantic Ridge Belt

• Pacific Continental Belt

The earthquake in Nepal occurred in ______.

• April 2015

• April 2016

• May 2015

• May 2016