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WorksheetsThe Changing Earth
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is the range of the Richter scale?
1 to 10
0 to 9
0 to 10
1 to 9
What is the purpose of a seismograph?
Recording the frequency of eruptions of volcanoes
Measuring the intensity of earthquake waves
Recording earthquake tremors
Measure the speed of the movement of the tectonic plates
When did Alfred Wegener make an attempt to explain the present-day distribution of continents and oceans?
1912
1913
1933
1958
All landmass were joined together into a supercontinent, called ______.
Gwalior
Eurasia
Laurasia
Pangea
There are ____ major and _______ plates, all of which float independently.
Seven, 22
Six, 20
Three, 32
Five, 42
What are the two types of forces?
Endogenic and exogenic
Exothermic and endothermic forces
Horizontal and vertical forces
Right and left forces
What is a dormant volcano in Italy called?
Vulsini
Etna
Vesuvius
Extinct Volcanoes are –
Volcanoes that have not erupted for hundreds of year
Volcanoes that erupted frequently
Volcanoes that have become quiet after erupting
Volcanoes that are alive
What is another name for Dormant volcanoes?
Dead volcanoes
Living volcanoes
Sleeping volcanoes
Which belt around the Mediterranean Sea has dormant and extinct volcanoes?
Mid-Atlantic Ridge belt
Mid-World Mountain belt
Mid-Night Mountain belt
Pacific Ring of Fire
Mid-Day Mountain belt
When was the Bhuj Earthquake?
24 January 2001
26 January 2001
23 January 2001
25 January 2001
The ________-_________ belt includes the coastal margins of North America, South America and East Asia.
Mid-Continental
Mid-World Mountain belt
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Circum Pacific
The earthquake belt in India is mainly confined to the _________ region and the Ganga-Brahmaputra valley.
Ganga-Brahmaputra
Indian
Gujarat
Himalayan
The part through which hot and molten material erupt suddenly
Volcanic Opening
Vent
fissure
crater
The intensity of earthquake waves is measured on the __________-
Seismograph
Richter Scale
The science that deals with earthquakes is called __________
Geology
Seismology
Geography
An increase in 1 point on the Richter scale indicates that the force of earthquake is _____ times greater than the strength of the previous number.
5
10
2
100
According to the Japanese mythology there lives a giant catfish named _______ under the earth
Manazu
Kashima
Namazu
______ a japanese god holds a heavy stone over Namazu's Head
Tashimu
Zamanu
Namazu
Kashima
The intensity of the Bhuj earthquake was measured at ___ on the richter scale
7.5
8.1
2.9
9.1
What is the purpose of a seismograph?
Recording the frequency of eruptions of volcanoes
Measuring the intensity of earthquake waves
Recording earthquake tremors
Measure the speed of the movement of the tectonic plates
