General knowledge 2

Question 1

Who invented the Richter scale?

Answer 1

Charles Francis Richter

Question 2

Where did the Mumbai attack take place?

Answer 2

Taj Hotel

Question 3

What is the abbreviation of W.H.O.

Answer 3

World Health Organization

Question 4

are organic substances that present a threat to the health of people and other living organisms

Answer 4

Biological ahazards

Question 5

is the place inside Earth’s crust where an earthquake originates.

Answer 5

focus/hypocenter

Question 6

is a number (written as a Roman numeral) describing the severity of an earthquake in terms of its effects on the earth’s surface and on humans and their structures.

Answer 6

intensity

Question 7

is a number that characterizes the relative size of an earthquake.

Answer 7

magnitude

Question 8

is a fracture along which the blocks of crust on either side have moved relative to one another parallel to the fracture.

Answer 8

fault

Question 9

is a movement of surface material down a slope.

Answer 9

landslide

Question 10

is the fracture zone along the ocean bottom where molten mantle material comes to the surface, thus creating new crust.

Answer 10

oceanic spreading ridge

Question 11

is a linear depression of the sea floor caused by the subduction of one plate under another.

Answer 11

oceanic trench

Question 12

who invented the modified mercalli scale?

Answer 12

Harry Wood and Frank Neuman

Question 13

is a seismic wave that moves through the interior of the earth

Answer 13

body wave

Question 14

What is the deadliest volcanic eruption?

Answer 14

Mount Tambora

Question 15

Mount Vesuvius is an example of?

Answer 15

dormant volcano

Question 16

is an active volcano that is not erupting, but supposed to erupt again.

Answer 16

dormant volcano

Question 17

has not had an eruption for at least 10,000 years and is not expected to erupt again in a comparable time scale of the future.

Answer 17

extinct volcano