Description : Volcanic eruption are closely associated with a. Mountain building and fracturing b. Deforestation c. Landslides d. Heat budget
Last Answer : c. Landslides
Description : When oil and gas resources are burnt they kill many forests and lakes by -------- ? A. deforestation B. water pollution C. acid rain (Answer) D. forest fire
Last Answer : C. acid rain (Answer)
Description : Natural sources of air pollution are – (1) Forest fires (2) Volcanic eruptions (3) Dust storm (4) Smoke from burning dry leaves
Last Answer : (2) Volcanic eruptions Explanation: Some of the natural sources of air pollution are ground dust, salt spray from oceans, volcanic eruptions, hydrogen sulfides from natural sources, etc. ... and ash from volcanic eruptions blacken the skies and increase the background pollution levels for years.
Description : Natural sources of air pollution are (1) Forest fires (2) Volcanic eruptions (3) Dust storm (4) Smoke from burning dry leaves
Last Answer : Volcanic eruptions
Description : Which of the following is not a natural source of air pollution? (A) Volcanic eruptions and lightening discharges (B) Biological decay of vegetable matter (C) Photochemical oxidation of organic matter (D) None of these
Last Answer : (D) None of these
Description : Which of the following is a manmade source of air pollution? (A) Automobile exhaust (B) Forest fire (C) Bacterial action in soil and swamp areas (D) All (A), (B) and (C)
Last Answer : (A) Automobile exhaust
Description : The minimum short-term natural hazard is – (1) blizzard (2) earthquake (3) volcanic eruption (4) bolt of lightning
Last Answer : (4) bolt of lightning Explanation: Due to gravity, our Earth has an atmosphere. Gravity causes the gases to be held close to the earth instead of escaping into outer space. Besides, gravity makes the atmosphere denser closer to the Earth the upper layers push down against the lower layers
Description : As we have seen with Hurricane Andrew, natural forces can cause great loss of human life. Which of the following natural disasters has resulted in the greatest loss of human life in a single occurrence? w) typhoon x) volcanic eruption y) earthquake z) tornado
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- EARTHQUAKE (ON JANUARY 23, 1556, 830,000 PEOPLE DIED IN SHENSI, CHINW)
Description : The minimum short-term natural hazard is (1) blizzard (2) earthquake (3) volcanic eruption (4) bolt of lightning
Last Answer : bolt of lightning
Description : Which of the following sources is responsible for maximum air pollution? (A) Industrial chimney exhaust (B) Forest fire (C) Automobiles exhaust (D) Photochemical oxidation of organic matter
Last Answer : (C) Automobiles exhaust
Description : The pacific Ring of Fire is - (1) an area of constant forest fires in the Pacific islands (2) a volcanic belt around the Pacific (3) an area of intense heat in the Pacific (4) islands rich in fuel minerals in the pacific
Last Answer : (2) a volcanic belt around the Pacific Explanation: The Pacific Ring of Fire is an area where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific Ocean. It has ... of the world's earthquakes and 81% of the world's largest earthquakes occur along the Ring of Fire.
Description : The pacific Ring of Fire is (1) an area of constant forest fires in the Pacific islands (2) a volcanic belt around the Pacific (3) an area of intense heat in the Pacific (4) islands rich in fuel minerals in the pacific
Last Answer : a volcanic belt around the Pacific
Description : What is a volcanic eruption?
Last Answer : A volcanic eruption is the release of molten rock, ash, and gas from a volcano, often leading to the formation of new land and significant environmental impacts.
Description : Which is a typical feature of volcanic eruption? -Do You Know?
Last Answer : answer:
Description : Events like earthquake, volcanic eruption, tsunamis etc., cannot be prevented but their effects can be reduced.
Last Answer : Identify the correct correlation: A - Events like earthquake, volcanic eruption, tsunamis etc., cannot be ... R is not the correct explanation of A.
Description : What determines whether a volcanic eruption with be violent or relatively quiet?
Last Answer : Need answer
Description : What is the largest number of causalities for a volcanic eruption and the century the eruption occurred?
Last Answer : The largest number of deaths in recorded history from a volcaniceruption was Mount Tambora inIndonesia in 1815
Description : How does a volcanic eruption take a place?
Last Answer : a volcano is formed when two tectonic plates push into eachother forcing the ground upwards, then eventually the pressurebuilt up by the friction bursts causing magma which is about 60miles underneath the ground up and out the top of the volcano.
Description : What can occur long after a volcanic eruption?
Last Answer : a lahar
Description : What conditions make for a week volcanic eruption?
Last Answer : The answer is : Magma with low viscosity. It makes for a weak volcanic eruption. If the viscosity is low (thin), non-explosive eruptions usually begin with fire fountains due to release of dissolved gases. When magma reaches the surface of the earth, it is called lava.
Description : Suppose individuals of a species of lizard on an island can be brown, tan, or green. Suppose a volcanic eruption on the island kills all but one male and one female lizard. Both are brown, and all later generations are brown. What is this an example of?
Last Answer : A Genetic Bottleneck
Description : Can a volcanic eruption cause a tsunami?
Last Answer : No. However a volcanic eruption can cause a tsunami.
Description : Which of these volcanic eruption types is the least violent?
Last Answer : Hawaiian
Description : Is a volcanic eruption an irreversible change?
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Description : Would you rather survive an avalanche or a volcanic eruption?
Last Answer : Volcanic eruption. It must be more painful because you literraly melt.
Description : What are the instruments used to monitor volcanic eruption?
Last Answer : The most common would be seismographs and seismometers, which measure any type of movement in the Earth's crust (including volcanic eruptions). Volcanologists also use special instruments to measure ... moves under ground, and a variety of cameras, GPS devices, and satellite imaging devices.
Description : How would you trigger a volcanic eruption?
Last Answer : ðŸ‹ðŸ‹ðŸ‹
Description : Tsunamis are cuased by – (1) mixing of cold and warm currents (2) earthquakes (3) changes in sea level (4) volcanic eruption
Last Answer : (2) earthquakes Explanation: Most tsunamis are caused by earthquakes generated in a subduction zone, an area where an oceanic plate is being forced down into the mantle by plate tectonic forces. ... friction prevents a slow and steady rate of subduction and instead the two plates become "stuck".
Description : Rift Valley is formed – (1) between two anticlines (2) between two faults (3) erosion of synclinal basin (4) due to volcanic eruption
Last Answer : (2) between two faults Explanation: A rift valley is a linear-shaped lowland between several highlands or mountain ranges created by the action of a geologic rift or fault. It is formed by the subsidence of a segment of the Earth's crust between dip-slip, or normal, faults.
Description : Most of the devastating earth-quakes are usually caused by – (1) Eustatic movement (2) Isostatic adjustment (3) Collision of earth plates (4) Volcanic eruption
Last Answer : (3) Collision of earth plates Explanation: An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of enemy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. The world's earthquakes are not ... continental plates which can slide over the plastic asthenosphere, which is the uppermost layer of the mantle.
Description : When is a volcanic eruption most likely to be violent?
Last Answer : When the lava is viscous
Description : Which is a typical feature of volcanic eruption?
Last Answer : Dykes
Description : The sudden release of hot materials (lava, ash, gas etc.) from volcanoes is called (a) Volcanic eruption (b) Ash showers (c) Pyroclastic flows (d) Hot mud flows
Last Answer : (a) Volcanic eruption
Description : Tsunami is: a) Earthquake on land mass b) Volcanic eruption c) Earthquake in ocean crust d) None of these
Last Answer : c) Earthquake in ocean crust
Description : Which are the major controlling systems for reduction of volcanic disaster? a. Prediction for early warning of eruption b. Timely evolution and relief work c. Both a and b d. None of the above
Last Answer : c. Both a and b
Description : Which volcanic eruption is responsible for raising temperature of the Northern Hemisphere by 1.2 °c? a. Bhuj b. Etna c. Krakatoa d. Mt. Pinatubo
Last Answer : c. Krakatoa
Description : In terms of the mass of material ejected into the atmosphere, what is the name of the largest volcanic eruption of this century, and where was it located?
Last Answer : ANSWER: MOUNT PINATUBO, PHILIPPINES
Description : Which of these events gives us evidence that the earth is spherical? w) a volcanic eruption x) an earthquake y) an eclipse of the moon z) the earth's rotation
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- AN ECLIPSE OF THE MOON
Description : The most significant impact of volcanic eruption has been felt in the form of : (A) change in weather (B) sinking of islands (C) loss of vegetation (D) extinction of animals
Last Answer : Answer: A Eruptions are unstoppable, and a very large one is potentially long lasting (several days of intense explosive output from the volcano). Further, the effects are ... potential feedbacks with global environmental cycles. Some currently unanticipated consequences will surely be found.
Description : 1. What is Electric field intensity at a point a hollow charged spherical conductor? 2. How many member country were founder of the Southern African Development Community? 3. In which year Swarn ... ? 20. What was the earliest public association formed in the history of modern India in 1837?
Last Answer : Answer : 1. Is zero 2. 8 3. April 1999 4. Dykes 5. Ramtanu Pande 6. Inoculation against cholera 7. President 8. Silver Iodide (Agl) 9. Bolivia 10. Third Battle of Panipat 11. ... . Indirectly 17. First decreases then increases 18. Central Statistical Organisation 19. 12 20. The Landholder's Society
Description : Tsunamis are cuased by (1) mixing of cold and warm currents (2) earthquakes (3) changes in sea level (4) volcanic eruption
Last Answer : earthquakes
Description : Rift Valley is formed (1) between two anticlines (2) between two faults (3) erosion of synclinal basin (4) due to volcanic eruption
Last Answer : between two faults
Description : Consider the following geological phenomena : I. Development of a fault II. Movement along a fault III. Impact produced by a volcanic eruption IV. Folding of rocks Which of the above causes earthquakes ? (1) I, II and III (2) II and IV (3) I, III and IV (4) I to IV
Last Answer : I, II and III
Description : Most of the devastating earthquakes are usually caused by (1) Eustatic movement (2) Isostatic adjustment (3) Collision of earth plates (4) Volcanic eruption
Last Answer : Collision of earth plates
Description : Pick out the correct statement. (A) Deforestation helps in controlling the green house effect (B) Global warming is detrimental for increase in food productivity and may cause flood and cyclone ( ... natural source of production of SO2 & H2S pollutant (D) Sulphur dioxide causes death by asphyxiation
Last Answer : (B) Global warming is detrimental for increase in food productivity and may cause flood and cyclone
Description : Which of the following types of natural hazards have the highest potential to cause damage to humans? (A) Earth quakes (B) Forest fires (C) Volcanic eruptions (D) Droughts and Floods
Last Answer : (D) Droughts and Floods
Description : Deforestation,pollution,and over hunting can all result in?
Last Answer : What can deforestation,pollution,and over hunting can all result in
Description : Taj Mahal is greatly affected due to – (1) Tourists (2) Acid rain (3) Deforestation (4) Sound pollution
Last Answer : (2) Acid rain Explanation: When sulphur pollutants fall on to buildings made from limestone and sandstone they react with minerals in the stone to form a powdery substance that can be washed away by rain. ... and St. Paul's Cathedral in London have all been damaged by this sort of air pollution.
Description : Irrigation in India faces many problems. (a) Reduced water pollution and improved quality of water. (b) Deforestation leading to drought and reduction of rainfall. (c) A large quantity of water is not properly utilized. (d) All
Last Answer : (c) A large quantity of water is not properly utilized.