Class 7 - Chapter 3

The lithosphere is broken into a number of plates. What are these broken plates known as?

• Tactic plates

• Scotia plate

• Lithospheric plates

• Farallon plate

Sudden movements in the earth are called

• earthquakes

• building mountains

• focus

• none of these

The place on the surface above the focus is known as

• forces

• lithosphere

• focus

• epicenter

What is the name of the instrument used for measuring earthquakes?

• Thermometer

• Seismograph

• Weighing machine

• All of these

On which scale is the earthquake measured?

• Compass

• Plane scale

• Richter scale

• Divider

The steep rocky coast rising almost vertically above the sea water is called

• sea cliff

• beach

• sea cave

• erosion

Deposition of sand in a low hill like structure is known as a:

• Glacier

• Sand dunes

• Hill

• Desert

Large deposits of loess is found in

• China

• India

• Japan

• Pakistan

The forces which act in the interior of the earth are called as

• Slow forces

• Speed forces

• Endogenic forces

• Exogenic forces

The highest waterfall is

• Zambia Falls

• Angel Falls

• Niagara Falls

• Victoria Falls