What is a violent rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground called?
Tornadoes
Hurricanes
Cyclones
Storms
Landslides are often associated with:
Periods of heavy rainfall or rapid snow melt.
Areas covered by forests and thick vegetation.
Both (a) and (b)
Only (a)
Tidal or storm waves are called:
tsunami
flood
earthquake
volcano
What is a series of tremendous waves generated by a massive under water disturbance called?
Tsunami
None of these
If a particular area has no rain or less rain than normal for a long period, it is called:
drought
voleano
The lava, when it is below the earth's surface is known as:
magma
hot fluid
What is an opening in the earth's surface called?
What causes destruction on the seashore in seconds?
tidal waves
storm
Which one of the following is the only active volcano in the Indian subcontinent?
Mount st. Helens
Mount Etna
Barren Island
Mount Fuji
Which of the following is made of large and small plates?
earth surface
crust
atmosphere
Lands
