Question
Volcanoes and Earthquakes.
| Volcanoes | Earthquakes |
| (i) Volcanoes form at the earth’s surface. | (i) Earthquakes originate from deeper within the crust. |
| (ii) Volcanoes are formed by release of gases and magma. | (ii) Earthquakes are caused by movement along a fault. |
| (iii) Volcanoes lead to formation of new landforms like domes, plateaus, cones, caldera etc | (iii) Earthquakes simply cause waves which disturb rocks they do not form any landforms. |
| (iv) It directly produces ash and other volcanic debris. | (iv) Earthquake events does not directly produce debris. But debris results by destruction due to the earthquake. |
| (v) It is possible to predict a volcanic eruption a few weeks to a few days in advance, though the exact time of eruption can’t be predicted with any accuracy. | (v) The likelihood of an earthquake can be predicted but it is not possible to determine any time frame of when the earthquake will take place, or how likely it is to happen at some point in future. |
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