Natural Disaster

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What are the types of disasters?

Q. Which of the following layers of earth is fragmented into pieces called tectonic plates?

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

Q.

Write any two precaution that we need to take while handling fire.

Q. When there is a fire in your school building, it is advised to ____________.

1. leave the building without panic
2. get under the table
3. close yourself inside the building
4. throw water on the fire

Q.

If asbestos is an insulator then why asbestos wire gauge is used in heating chemicals?

Q. We should always have a fire extinguisher in our kitchen.

1. False
2. True

Q.

Form of mass wasting that includes a wide range of ground movements, such as rock falls, deep failure of slopes, and shallow debris flows is called ______.

1. Landslides
2. Earthquake
3. None of these
4. Floods

Q. A highly destructive event that destroys life and property and is caused by nature, is known as .

1. man-made disaster
2. natural disaster
3. invasion

Q. Which of the following is/are a man-made disaster?

1. Earthquake
2. Gas explosion
3. Flood
4. Industrial fire

Q. We can precisely predict the occurrence of an earthquake using the latest technology.

1. False
2. True

Q. What advice will you give to a person who is cooking in the kitchen?

1. Wear a nylon dress
2. Wear a rayon dress
3. Wear a cotton dress
4. Wear dangling jewellery

Q. Is there any relation between a dam and an earthquake? Explain. <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> [Textbook Question 1e pg no.66]

Q. A sudden disturbance or shaking of the Earth's surface, lasting for a short period of time is called .

1. earthquake
2. volcanic eruption
3. vibration

Q. Which of the following is the correct order of layers from the outermost surface of the Earth to its centre?

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

Q. Assertion(A): Earthquake occurs due to the movement of tectonic plates.
Reason(R): When tectonic plates compress each other, pressure is built up.

1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
2. A is true but R is false
3. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
4. A is false but R is true