The meaning of word Tsunami
Sea Waves
Barchans
Ring of fire
Harbour waves
What type of landform is developed in subduction zones?
Fold mountain
Ocean trenches
Oceanic ridges
Rift valley
A tsunami is caused by:
an underwater earthquake
a rockslide into the sea
the gravitational pull of the moon
an underwater lava flow
The land near the Pacific Ocean is well known for its volcanoes. This area is called
The ring of fire
The ring of Volcanoes
The ring of water
The ring of Oceans
The earth's crust is broken into a number of huge parts. They are called
lithospheric plates
metamorphic plates
sedimentary plates
none of these
An earthquake is measured with a machine called a ________.
Telegraph
Seismograph
Compass
Lactometer
On which scale is the earthquake measured ?
Plane scale
Richter scale
Divider
The San Andreas Fault in California is a:
convergent plate boundary.
divergent plate boundary.
transform plate boundary.
none of these.
Which is the fold mountain range formed between the Indian plate and the Eurasian plate.
The Himalayas
The Alps
The Andes
The Atlas