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The Changing Earth

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who suggested the Continental Drift theory?

a)

Aldrin Weiner

b)

Isaac Newton

c)

Alfred Wegener

d)

Thomas Cook

2.

What does the Continental Drift theory state?

a)

The continents were once joined in a super continent and have slowly moved over time.

b)

The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents.

c)

Continents are stationary and don't move.

d)

None of the above

3.

A super continent that existed 200 million years ago was ________________ .

a)

Laurasia

b)

Eurasia

c)

Africa

d)

Pangaea

4.

Dormant volcano is also known as __________________ volcano.

a)

living

b)

dead

c)

sleeping

d)

dancing

5.

Volcanoes that have recently erupted are known as _____________ volcano.

a)

Extinct

b)

Dead

c)

Dormant

d)

Active

6.

__________________ is the place of origin of an earthquake.

a)

Focus (Hypocentre)

b)

Epicentre

c)

Seismic wave

d)

Seismograph

7.

Name the type of Earthquake wave shown in the figure.

a)

Primary wave

b)

L wave

c)

Secondary wave

d)

Surface wave

8.

'Ring of fire' represents an area of earthquake and volcanic activity that surrounds the Pacific Ocean.

a)

False

b)

True

9.

The Earthquake in Bhuj (Gujarat) occurred in ______________ .

a)

2002

b)

2004

c)

2001

d)

2003

10.

Geologists/Petrologists and seismologists study ______________ and _______________ to determine what is happening inside the earth.

a)

plants and animals

b)

oceans and land

c)

land and space

d)

rocks and seismic waves

11.

Name the instrument shown in the image.

a)

Seismograph

b)

Barometer

c)

Richter scale

d)

Mercalli scale

12.

Which theory is depicted in this picture?

a)

Continental drift

b)

Evolution

c)

Rock cycle

d)

Plate Tectonics

13.

The intensity of an earthquake is maximum near the _____________.

a)

focus

b)

epicentre

c)

crater

d)

vent

14.

The idea of sea floor spreading is a part of which theory?

a)

Continental drift

b)

Pangaea

c)

Endogenic forces

d)

Plate tectonics

15.

Earthquake is an example of _________________ force.

a)

exogenic

b)

sudden endogenic

c)

diastrophic endogenic

d)

weathering