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SAI INTERNTIONAL SCHOOL
Class 8
Home Assignment
Subject- Physics
Ch- Some Natural Phenomena
Subtopic- Earthquake and Causes

INSTRUCTIONS:
 Please solve or paste the worksheet in the Physics Copy.
 For Assertion& Reason question follow the following directions.
DIRECTION: Each of these questions contains an Assertion followed by Reason.
Read them carefully and answer the question on the basis of following options. You
have to select the one that best describes the two statements.
(a) If both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation of
Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion and Reason are correct, but Reason is not the correct explanation
of Assertion.
(c) If Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
(d) If Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct.
(e) If Assertion & Reason both are incorrect.
1. Assertion: Lightning will not cause an earthquake. 1
Reason: It is a phenomena happening in Earths atmosphere.
2. Assertion: Earthquake can not bring tsunami. 1
Reason: Huge waves are formed in the water body during tsunami.
Fill in the blanks
3. Movement of __________ is the main cause of an earthquake. 1
4. Two types of tectonic plates movement which causes earthquakes are 1
________ &__________.
5. Earthquakes are caused by disturbance deep inside the _________. 1
MCQ
6. Major earthquakes are less likely to occur in 1
(a) North East India
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Rann of Kutch
(d) Orissa
7. Consider the list of terms given below 1
(i) Tsunami
(ii) Landslide
(iii) Floods
(iv) Lightning
Earthquakes can cause
(a) (i), (ii) & (iii)
(b) (ii) & (iv)
(c) (ii), (iii) & (iv)
(d) (iii) & (iv)
8. What is volcano? 1
9. Where earthquake is most probable to occur? 1