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Question-1
Which of the following is NOT a trigger for tsunami?
(A)
Undersea earthquakes
(B)
Landslides
(C)
The eruption of an oceanic volcano
(D)
Wind
Question-2
Name the most famous conservative plate boundary.
(A)
San Andreas Fault
(B)
Juan De Fuca
(C)
Mid Atlantic Ridge
(D)
Hawaiian plate
Question-3
What is the Earth made of?
(A)
The crust, the mantle and the core
(B)
The skin, the pulp and the core
(C)
The plates, the magma and the core
(D)
The land, the sea and the atmosphere
Question-4
How is the Mid-Atlantic ridge formed?
(A)
By subduction
(B)
By underwater volcano eruption
(C)
By sea-floor spreading
(D)
By tension between two plates that slides past each other
Question-5
What is the name given to the area of volcanoes which can be found around the edge of the Pacific Plate?
(A)
The Pacific Ring of Fire
(B)
Hot spot
(C)
The Pacific Ring of Volcanoes
(D)
The Pacific Volcano Chain
Question-6
Assertion (A): Volcanoes do not create fertile land in Iceland.
Reason (R): The weather is too cold to weather the lava flows.
(A)
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(B)
Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
(C)
A is true but R is false
(D)
A is false but R is true
Question-7
Subduction does not involve:
(A)
Folding, faulting and oceanic trench
(B)
Formation of volcanoes
(C)
Plates moving away from each other
(D)
A destructive plate boundary
Question-8
What is Pangaea?
(A)
It is the name of an extinct volcano.
(B)
It is French word for volcano.
(C)
It is a single landmass whereby all the continents of present day are joined together.
(D)
It is a huge disruption of the Earth's atmospheric circulation.
Question-9
The scale used to measure the strength of an earthquake.
(A)
Richter scale
(B)
Mercalli scale
(C)
Beufort scale
(D)
Davis scale
Question-10
Giant clouds of ash and gas emitted by a volcano.
(A)
Lahars
(B)
Cinders
(C)
Pyrocastic flows
(D)
Ash clouds
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Cambridge Secondary Grade 9
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