Earthquakes - class-IX
Description: earthquakes | |
Number of Questions: 27 | |
Created by: Ratna Goswami | |
Tags: disaster management unstable earth the earth's structure and landforms lithosphere i - endogenic processes lithosphere and landforms natural disasters - public awareness for disaster risk reduction lithosphere: endogenic processes interior of the earth lithosphere geography the challenging face of the earth and landforms our changing earth endogenetic movements |
What is most prone to earthquakes?
The line drawn on the map through the places having the same intensity of an earthquake is called _______________.
Vibrations or shakings occuring in the crust of the earth are called _________________.
Sudden shaking of a part of the earth is called ______.
Richter scale is a/an ______ aide to measure earth tremors.
Waves produced due to the earthquake are known as ___________.
Which of the following is not in the seismic zone of India?
Match Column-I with Column-II and mark the correct option.
Column - I | Column - II | ||
---|---|---|---|
(a) | Richter scale | (i) | Electric Charge |
(b) | Electroscope | (ii) | Amber |
(c) | Resin | (iii) | Earthquake |
(d) | Electric current | (iv) | Flow of charges |
Seismic waves that vibrate perpendicular to the direction of their path _______.
The magnitude of the earthquake is measured on the ______________.
Which of the following scales are not linear in nature ?
(i) Decibel
(ii) Richter
(iii) Meter
Which instrument record the direction of movement of earthquake waves?
Which of the following is/are the measuring instrument of earthquake?
The Mercalli scale grades the earthquake on _____________.
Which of the following is used to measure the intensity of earthquakes?
Match the following columns and select the correct option from the codes given below.
Column I $\quad \quad$ Column II
(i) Pressure $\quad \quad$ (p) Pattern formed due to multiple reflection
(ii) Decibel $\quad \quad$ (q) Unit of loudness
(iii) Richter $\quad \quad$ (r) Force per unit area
(iv) Kaleidoscope (s) Scale to measure intensity of earthquake
The instrument recording earthquake is called _____________.
The instrumental used for recording the earthquakes is called ____________.
The Japan earthquake of 2011 was of _________ Richter scale.
Vibrations of the earth surface caused by earth movements are known as _________.
The intensity of earthquake is measured on the _________.
The strength of an earthquake is rated on a scale called Richter scale.
The probabilistic assessment of general earthquake hazards is called as __________.
Earthquake prediction is a branch of __________.
The instrument used to measure earthquake wave is called _________.
An Earthquake on the sea floor or close to the coast may cause __________.
An ____ is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment.