Science 10

Write your answers on a different sheet of paper (1 whole)

A. FILL IN THE BLANKS

_______________1. A depression in the seafloor produced by subduction process.

_______________2. Mountains formed in part by igneous activity associated with subduction of oceanic
lithosphere beneath a continent.
_______________3. A boundary in which two plates move toward each other, causing one of the stabs of
the lithosphere to subduct beneath an overriding plate.
_______________4. Second type of eathquake wave to be recorded in a seismic station.
_______________5. A device used to record earthquake waves.
_______________6. A mass of molten rock formed at depth, including dissolved gasses and crystals.
_______________7. The science that studies Earth.
_______________8. The thin part of the Earths crust located under the oceans.
_______________9. A record made by a seismograph.
_______________10. The first type of seismic waves to be recorded in a seismic station.
_______________11. Rigid sections of the lithospehere that move as a unit.
_______________12. A theory which suggests that Earth’s crust is made up of plates that interact in various
ways, thus producing earthquakes, mountains, volcanoes and other geologic features.
_______________13. The outer portion of the Earth.
_______________14. The thick part of the Earth’s crust, not located under the ocean.
_______________15. A series of ocean waves with very long wavelenghts caused by large-scale
disturbances of the ocean.

B. MODIFIED TRUE/FALSE

Direction: Write TRUE if the statement is correct. If false, change the underlined words to make it correct.

__________1. Transform fault is characterized by trench that are sliding past each other

__________2. Convergent boundary is present when two plates collide.

__________3. Faults give rise to several geologic features and events.

__________4. Divergent boundary is formed when plates move apart, creating a zone of tension.

__________5. Each plate is slowly but not continuosly moving

C. ILLUSTRATION

Draw the three types of plate boundaries.

D. ESSAY

Discuss the three types of plate boundaries.