Causes of Earthquake

Q.

Which of the following is not a cause for earthquakes?

1. Volcano eruption

2. Meteor hitting the earth

3. Underground nuclear explosion

4. Tsunami

Q. Which of the following materials cannot be charged by friction?

1. All of these
2. Tides in ocean
3. The movement of earth’s plate
4. Shaking of the earth’s surface

Q. Which of the following is not a natural phenomenon?

1. Oil Spill
2. Earthquake
3. Lightning
4. Thunderstorm

Q.

Earthquakes cause Tsunamis but Tsunamis do not cause earthquakes.

1. True

2. False

Q. The point vertically above the focus of an earthquake is:

1. Epicentre
2. Focus
3. Tectonic plate
4. Fault point

Q. Which of the following materials cannot be charged by friction?

1. Shaking of the earth’s surface
2. All of these
3. Tides in ocean
4. The movement of earth’s plate

Q. In which of the following layers of the earth do the earthquake originate?

1. Crust
2. Mantle
3. Outer core
4. Inner core