World Knowledge Online Quiz

World Knowledge Online Test

Sr. #	Questions	Answers Choice
1	'Ring of Fire' refer to the ring of volcanoes present in	ring of earthquakes  five permanent members of UN circum-pacific seismic belt five continents
2	Which of the following measures the strenght or magnitude of an earthquake?	douglas scale richter scale  rankine scale  kelvin scale
3	Which of these is NOT a scale for measuring earthquakes?	mercalli intensity scale anatolia rift scale richter scale  rossi-forel scale
4	If there are sevveral earthuakes in a row,what is the name of the largest of these earthuakes?	tertiary shock foreshock main shock aftershock
5	What is the location on the earth's surface directly above the place where an earthquake originates called?	fault  focus  epicenter hypocenter
6	Nane a well known fault that separates the pacific plate from the north american plate?	calaveras fault san andreas fault great glen fault  pacific american fault
7	In the 1880's the first seismic instruments were developed in which country?	england  mexico japan china
8	In the 1880's the first seismic instruments the power of an earthquake?	james richter richter gray richter ewing  charles richter
9	Who developed the scale for measuring the power of an earthuake?	james richter  richter gray richter ewing  charles richter
10	Why was the 2003 earthquake in bam,iran significant for historians?	it was the country's first earthquake in 500 years it was the deadliest earthuake on record it uncovered royal tombs over 1000 years old it destroyed a 2000 year old fort

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