Class 8 Science Chapter 15 MCQ

An electroscope is a device, which is used to test whether an object is charged or not. It consists of closely place two metallic strips. When both the strips are charged with similar charges, they repel each other and become wide open.

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Two bodies must be joined by any conducting wire i.e., copper wire for the flow of current.

When we rubbed a glass rod with silk cloth, the glass rod becomes positively charged. The silk cloth becomes negatively charged. The electric charges generated by rubbing are static electric charges. These electric charges remain bound on the surface of the charged object

When the earth’s plate brush past one another or under group collision, causes earthquake. An “earthquake” can cause huge damage to buildings, dams, etc.

Benjamin Franklin is the scientist who showed that lightening is electric in nature. He discovered many things about lightening and was the first to show that a thunderstorm lets out electricity.

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After rubbing the glass rod with silk cloth, the glass rod becomes positively charged. The silk cloth becomes negatively charged. When a plastic comb is dry hair, it becomes negatively charged. The negatively charged comb induces a positive charge on the pieces of paper which are neutral in nature.

An earthquake is a sudden shaking or trembling of the earth which lasts for a very short time. It is caused by the disturbance deep down inside the uppermost layer of the earth called crust.

The magnitude (or intensity) of an earthquake is expressed in terms of Richter scale.

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Since earthquakes are caused by the movement of plates, the boundaries of the plates are weak zones where earthquake are more likely to occur. These weak zones are also known as seismic zones or fault zones.

The outermost layer of the earth is called “crust”. It is also known as earth’s crust.

The epicentre is the point on the “earth’s surface” vertically above the hypocentre (or focus), point in the crust where a seismic rupture begins.

Major earthquakes are less likely to occur in Odisha. The most threatened areas in India are Kashmir, Western and Central Himalayas, the whole of North-East, Rann of Kutch, Rajasthan and Indo-Gangetic Plane.

The process of electric discharge occurs between the earth and the clouds and ultimately leads to the lighting.

When we comb dry hair with plastic comb, friction takes place between two objects. Due to friction, hair losses some electrons to plastic comb. Due to loss of electron, the hair becomes positively charged and due to gain of electron, plastic comb becomes negatively charged.

A charged balloon and a charged ballpen refill having unlike charges or different charges, they attract each other. Remember, unlike charges are also called opposite charges. So, opposite charges attract each other.

The process of electric discharge between clouds and the earth or between different clouds causes lightning. The tremendous electric charges in the atmosphere which produce sheet lightning in the clouds are produced by the process of “Friction”.

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A ballpoint pen refill can be charged by rubbing it against the wool cloth. It becomes negatively charged.

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The whole crust of the earth is not in one piece. The crust of earth is made up of many huge pieces of flat rocks. Each pieces of the earth crust is called a plate. The crust of earth is divided into many plates. The plates of earth on which continents exist are called “continental plates” whereas those plates of earth on which oceans exist are called “oceanic plates”.