Prayer

Plate Tectonics
on the Go
Week 3
Pre Test

1 Which is true about 2 In what place do

plate tectonics tectonic plates
theory? interact?
A. lithospheric plates move
B. oceanic crust "slides A. Centers
C.
over" continental crust
continental crust "plows B. regions
D.
through" oceanic crust
tectonic forces cause
C. reversals
the most damage in the D. boundaries
center of the plates
 3 Which is NOT the main
principle of plate
tectonics?
A. Plate movements cause continents
to drift
B. Tectonic plates move relative to
one another
C. Movement of tectonic plates can
be prevented.
D. Interactions of plate tectonics
cause earthquake, volcanoes and
mountain belts.
 Arrange the following phrases
according to the correct
sequence to reveal the
sentence that gives an idea on
earthquake epicenter

is used to determine the

earthquake epicenter using a

three seismic station.

Triangulation Method

distance information from

Triangulation
Method is used to
determine the
earthquake epicenter
using a distance
information from
three seismic
stations.
Basic Concepts of the
plate tectonics
➢ states that the
Earth's solid outer
crust, the
lithosphere, is
separated into plates
that move over the
asthenosphere, the
molten upper portion
of the mantle.
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and volcanic eruptions?
 Which statement is correct?
How are earthquakes distributed
as shown on the map?

Earthquakes are Earthquakes are NOT

randomly distributed randomly distributed
over the Earth's over the Earth's
surface surface.
 Which statement is correct?
Where are the earthquakes
located on the map?

Some are located Some are in mid-

near the edges of continents while
the continents others are in oceans
 Which statement is correct?
Where are the earthquakes
located on the map?

Some are located Some are in mid-

near the edges of continents while
the continents others are in oceans
 Which statement is correct?
How are volcanoes distributed
on the map?

Volcanoes are Volcanoes are not

randomly randomly
distributed. distributed.
 Which statement is correct?
Where are the volcanoes located
on the map?

Majority of the Most of the volcanoes

are located in western
volcanoes are found coast of North and
along the edges of South America, East and
some continents. Southeast Asia.
 Which statement is correct?
Describe how the active volcanoes,
earthquake epicenters and mountain belts
are being distributed in the Earth's
lithosphere.
They are distributed They are distributed
in close proximity of far apart from the
the borders of the borders of the
tectonic plates. tectonic plates.
Key Concepts

The volcanoes, Once tectonic

earthquake's plates moved in any
possible motion, it
epicenter, and major could create
mountain belts are changes leading to
distributed in close geologic features
proximity of the and events.
borders of the
tectonic plates.
Key Concept
● Most of the active
volcanoes nowadays
are found in the so
called "Pacific
Ring of Fire" which
is practically the
border of the
Pacific Tectonic
Plate.
 Key Concept
The earthquake epicenters
are not found only in a
specific place, but they
are found everywhere
where there's a border
between two or more
tectonic plates.
Key Concept

The major mountain

belts are found in
places where tectonic
plates of the same
density collide, so
instead some of them
go and be subducted,
they push against each
other and lift the
area up.
Why is it important for
us to identify areas
prone to disaster-
related events such as
earthquakes, tsunamis,
and volcanic eruptions?
Thank you
for
particpating!