Geography English Quiz 8 Physical Geography Earthquake And Volcano Welcome to your Geography English Quiz 8 Physical Geography Earthquake And Volcano 1. Which is not a causative factor of earthquake ? Isostacy Tectonics Volcanoes Waves 2. The cup - shaped mouth of the volcano is Epicentre Crater Focus Cinder cone 3. Creators or calderas are Pot holes Sink holes Hollows created by removed of volcanic cones Rift valley 4. A volcanic eruption is most likely to be violent when The volcano is near to the sea The lava reaches the surface through a fissure The lava is viscous The neck of the volcano is sealed by a plug 5. The earthquake at Sagami bay in Japan which killed two and a half lakh people was an example of Main - induced evarthquake Isostatic earthquake . Tectonic earthquake Plutonic earthquake 6. Which is not a topography produced by volcanocity Caldera Cones Crater Cirque 7. The number indicating the intensity of an earthquake on a Richter scale range between 1 to 12 1 to 8 1 to 7 1 to 9 8. Tsunamis are originated due to Earthquake Rotation of the earth Sea waves Hurricane 9. The famous ' Ring of fire ' which account for 68 % of an earthquakes occurring in the earth is in the Arctic ocean Indian ocean Atlantic ocean Pacific ocean 10. The lines joining the place of equal intensity of seismic waves are known as : Isoseisimic line Isogonal line Isogonic line Seisimice line 11. Which of the following is not an effect of volcanic eruptions Climatic changes Extiction of species Tsunamis or seismic waves Creation of cyclones 12. Which of the following features is the product of vulcanicity ? Escarpment Atoll Geosyncline Fold mountain 13. Composite volcanic cone is also called strata cone because of the : alternating sheets of lava and pyroclastic materials eruption of lava flow from a fissure uneven streams of lava flow cataclysmic eruption 14. Which of the following features is not an aspect of vulcanicity ? Batholith Dyke Fold Geyser 15. The place of origin of an earthquake is called Amphidromic point Focus Epicentre Seismal