CHAPTER TEST 1: (PLATE TECTONICS)

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Directions: Read each item carefully. Select the letter of the best answer and write it on your answer sheet.

1. Which method is used to locate the epicenter of an earthquake using the data on the time difference in the arrival of the P and
S waves?
a. Seismic method b. triangulation method c. doubling method d. any of these
2. Which term refers to the process by which continental or oceanic crusts sink as convergence of plates occur?
a. Subduction b. hotspot c. melting d. seismicity
3. Which of the following makes up the lithosphere?
a. Continental crust b. crust and the upper mantle
c. oceanic crust and continental crust d. upper mantle
4. Which statement summarizes the distribution of earthquake epicentres, volcanic regions and mountain ranges around the
world?
a. Earthquake epicenters, volcanic regions and mountain ranges are located in different regions.
b. Earthquake epicenters, volcanic regions and mountain ranges are almost located in the same regions.
c. Earthquake epicenters, volcanic regions and mountain ranges are scattered around the world.
d. Cannot be determine.
5. Which of the following was the basis used by most scientist in dividing the earth’s lithosphere into several plates?
a. Continents and oceans b. land masses c. geologic events d. all of these
6. Which of the following may result from convergence of two oceanic plates?
a. Trenches b. linear sea c. valleys d. mountains
7. You were provided with data showing the difference in time arrival of P and S waves from three different seismic stations.
Which of the following can you possibly determine using this data?
a. The damage of the earthquake b. the distance of the focus
c. the intensity of the earthquake d. the location of the epicentre
8. Which of the following data from the seismogram should be measured to determine the distance of the epicenter?
a. The arrival time of the S wave.
b. The difference in the arrival time of S and P waves.
c. The ratio of the amplitude of the S and p waves.
d. The speed of the P waves.
9. When two tectonic plates collide, the oceanic crusts usually subducts beneath the continental crust. Which stamen BEST
explains this phenomenon?
a. Oceanic crust is denser than the continental crust.
b. Oceanic crust is less dense than the continental crust.
c. Oceanic crust is thicker than the continental crust.
d. Oceanic crust is thinner than the continental crust.
10. Crustal Plate A is moving away from Crustal Plate B. What is the expected average rate of change in position between Plates A
and B?
a. A few centimeters per year. b. A few meters per month
c. a few millimeters per century c. a few millimeters per day
11. The Hawaiian islands are associated with which type of volcanic activity?
a. Hotspot b. subduction c. divergent volcanism d. convergent volcanism
12. In a hotspot, Volcano A is on top of a mantle plume, Volcano B is 10km from Volcano A while Volcano C is the farthest. What
can you infer about the ages of the volcanoes?
a. Volcano A is older than Volcano C b. Volcano B is the oldest
c. Volcano b is the youngest d. Volcano B is younger than Volcano C

Refer to the illustration below to answer question #19:

13. Which geologic features could result out of this plate boundary movement?
a. Mountains b. volcanoes c. trenches d. any of these
14. Which of the following explains why fault zones are formed at plate boundaries?
a. Seismic gaps and shadow zones are formed in this area.
b. Very little rock stress and strain occur in this area.
c. Intense stress occurs in this area when plates collide, subduct or slide past each other.
d. They have a long geologic history of occurring in the same places.
For Items 15 and 16, refer to the illustration below:

A B

C
15. Plates A and B shows a divergent movement. If Plate C is adjacent to both plates and does not show any relative motion, what
type of plate boundary movement is present between A and C?
a. Convergent b. divergent c. normal fault d. transform fault
16. What geologic event is most likely to happen between Plates A and C?
a. Earthquake b. tsunami c. subdcution d. any of these
17. You were asked to locate the epicentre of a recent earthquake given a hypothetical seismic data. Which correct sequence of
events should you follow?
I. Determine the difference in the arrival of the p and S waves recorded from each of the three seismological
stations.
II. Use the triangulation method to locate the epicentre.
III. Obtain data from three seismic stations.
IV. Determine the distance of the epicentre from the station.
a. I, III, II, IV b. III, I, IV, II
c. III, IV, I, II d. IV, II, I, III
18. The lithospheric plates are believed to be moving slowly. What is the driving force that facilitates this movement?
a. Gravitational force of the moon b. magnetic force at the poles
c. convection current in the mantle d. the force at the atmosphere
19. Which of the following evidences supports Wegener’s Continental Drift Theory?
a. The same magnetic directions exist on different continents.
b. Major rivers on different continents match
c. Land bridges still exist that connects major continents.
d. Fossil of the same organisms have been found on different continents.
20. In a Plate Tectonic Theory, a plate can be made up of
a. Continental lithosphere only. b. oceanic lithosphere only.
c. both continental and oceanic lithosphere d. Asthenosphere
21. What type of plate boundary exists between two plate grinding past each other?
a. Divergent boundary b. Transitional boundary
c. convergent boundary d. Transform fault boundary
22. Which of the following does NOT occur at the subduction zone?
a. The leading edges of the plates are bent upward.
b. Oceanic crust is pushed down into the mantle.
c. A continental plate moves over an oceanic plate.
d. One oceanic plate moves beneath another oceanic plate.
23. What is the epicentre of an earthquake?
a. The location along a fault where the first motion of plates occurs.
b. Seismic waves that travels along the surface of the earth.
c. The point on earth’s surface directly above the focus.
d. The last place where motion of the plates was detected.
24. Which of the following explains why fault zones are formed at plate boundaries?
a. Seismic gaps and shadow zones are formed at this region.
b. Very little rock stress and strain occur there.
c. Intense stress occurs there when the plates separate, collide, subduct or slide past each other.
d. They have long geologic history of occurring in the same places.
25. Which area of volcanic activity produces chains of volcanoes?
a. Hotspot b. Cone c. Island arc d. Mantle plume
26. You are an oceanographer and you want to map the ocean floor on the East coast of the Philippines. As you do your study, you
noticed that there is a portion of the ocean floor which is relatively much deeper than the rest. What most likely is that deeper
part?
a. Linear sea b. Oceanic ridge c. Rift valley d. Trench

Complete the table below for items 27-30:

Type of Plate Boundaries Relative Motion of the Plates Geologic Events/Processes Geologic Features
Divergent 27. Earthquakes Rift valleys
Convergent Moving towards each other 28. 29.
30. Sliding past one another Shallow earthquakes Rift valleys, oceanic ridges