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Consider the list of terms given below

(i) Tsunami (iii) Floods


(ii) Landslide (iv) Lightning


Earthquakes can cause

Earthquake can cause floods, landslides and tsunamis. There can be a great loss to life and property. But lightning is an another thing. It is caused by the accumulation of charges in the clouds.

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The outermost layer of earth is called

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Major earthquakes are less likely to occur in

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State whether the following are True or False.

(a) Earthquakes occur all the time all over the world.


(b) The plates of the outermost layer of the earth are always in continuous motion.


(c) Tremors on the earth can also be caused by the eruption of a volcano.


(d) The process of electric discharge cannot occur between clouds and the earth.


(e) Bathing outdoors should be avoided during a thunderstorm.

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Is it possible to predict the occurrence of an earthquake?