QUESTIONS ANSWER

What is the outermost layer of the earth Crust

The crust and upper mantle make up Earth’s___ Lithosphere
Which of the statement about Earth’s crusts is Continental Crusts are thicker than oceanic crust
correct?
What do we call the continuously moving part if Plates (tectonic)
the earth’s crust?
Which theory states that the entire crust is Plate Tectonics
broken and continuously moving?
Which of the following is NOT a reslt of Plate Landslides
Tectonics?
This earthquake type happens when the shifting Tectonic
of Earth’s plates is driven by the sudden release
of energy within some limited region of the rocks
of the Earth.
How is tsunami created A submarine earthquake causes a huge amount
of water to be displace
Chain of mountains Mountain Range
It is the location of the Earth’s surface directly Epicenter
above the focus of an earthquake
Plates float on the surface of the mantle. Which Pacific Plate
plate pushes the Philippine Plate toward the
Eurasian Plate?
Why is it important to be aware of places prone To perform necessary precautions
to earthquakes?
Which statement does best describe the location They are situated at the same location
of the majority of earthquake epicenters relative
to the location of volcanoes around the world?
How will you relate the distributions of mountain Mountain ranges are found in places where
ranges, earthquake epicenters, and volcanoes? volcanoes and/or earthquake epicenters are also
situated.
Which phrases is FALSE about lithospheric plates? Have the same thickness everywhere
Which is NOT TRUE about the location of the Some are located in mid-continents
epicenter of earthquakes
Where are most volcanoes situated Concentrated on continental edges
Which famous Philippine volcano is usually seen Mt. Pinatubo
in world maps due to its eruption in 1991?
Safest place in the country due to its very low risk Palawan
in geologic disasters
When the ocean water is receding, you MUST___ Run to the nearest hill or mountain
Basis of scientists in dividing the Earth’s The occurrence of earthquake, volcanism, and
lithosphere into several plates? mountain formation.
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Question Answer
Plates move apart at ____ boundaries Divergent
Plates slide past each other at___ Transform Fault Boundary
Two plates moving toward each other Convergent Boundary
Seafloor spreading is located at Divergent Plate Boundary
Plate Tectonic Theory states that continents have Slowly
moved ____ to their current location
The East African Rift is an example of a ____ Rift valley/divergent boundary
The Himalayan mountain range of India was Convergent boundary
formed at the
Philippine Plate moves toward ___ Antarctic Plate
The ____ is an example of a transform fault San Andreas Fault
boundary
Type of plate boundary that occurs between the Divergent Boundary
African Plate and the Arabian Plate
Type of plate boundary that occurs between Convergent oceanic-continental plate boundary
Nazca Plate and the South American Plate.
Based on the current position of the continents, West
South America is moving away from Africa in
what direction?
At the convergent plate boundary, ____ The older crust is recycled by subduction
Force that causes the plates to move Convection current
Features found at divergent plate boundaries Mid-ocean ridges
include
Convection current causes the lithospheric plate Moves slowly but constantly
to___
The youngest part of the ocean floor is found at Divergent boundary
the ____
The crust and upper mantle makes up the Earth’s lithosphere
___
The result of plate movement can be seen at ___ Plate boundaries
Theory that suggests that plates are slowly Plate Tectonic
moving is called
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Question Answer
When magma in the earth’s mantle develops a Volcanic Island
great pressure, the ground above it pushed
upward. If this happens in the middle of the
ocean, what landform is produced?
The tall landform created when two continental Mountain range
plates converge
It is a plate that dives down under a less dense Subducting plate
plates during subduction
Materials in the mantle flow up and down. Which Partially liquid
of the following best describes the mantle?
Which of the following happens when plates New crust is produced because magma rises,
diverge or move away from each other? then cools off and turn into solid.
A rift valley is formed simultaneously with which Divergent plate boundary
of the following type of plate boundary?
How do the plates move when we feel that the Toward each other, away from each other, slide
ground is shaking? past each other. (All of the above)
It is a landform produced when two continental Mountain
plates converge
San Andreas Fault is located in California, USA
Otherwise known as an underwater mountain Oceanic ridge
Chain of volcanoes developed parallel to a trench Volcanic Island Arc
or a crack under the ocean
Ocean water flips upward due to the great push tsunami
caused by convergence of plates
It is the point where two plates meet or collide Collision zone
while converging
The place where a subducting plate reaches the Subduction zone
mantle during convergence.
Shaking of the ground due to any activity in the earhquake
lithosphere
There is no formation of volcanoes in the Two continental plates
convergence between
When a plate is denser, it subducts toward the volcanoes
mantle and forms magma. This process ends up
in the formation of
Shallow earthquakes are associated with Volcanic eruption
Why are volcanoes mostly found at places where It is where the oceanic plates subducts under the
continents meet the seas? continental plate
Most of the Philippine Islands were once part of Diverging plates
island arcs. This means that along with this
boundary, thre once existed two
Earthquake, as an affect of plae movement, Converging, sliding past, diverging
results in boundaries where plates are
Subduction is illustrated in which of the following Convergent plate boundary
Crack on the dry ground or plate caused by fault
horizontal plate movement
Phenomenon that takes place due to the Earthquake
movement of plates during convergence
A crack on the ground underwater is produced Trench
when oceanic crust interacts with another crust
What will be formed on the surface of south Volcanic Arc
American Plate along ts convergence zone with
Nazca plate?
The column of the rising magma is called Mantle plume
Hot molten material Magma
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Questions Answer
Convection current is caused by differences in Density
temperature resulting to variation in
Scientists believe that the motion of tectonic Convection currents
plates is caused by
It is a measure of how much mass there is in a Density
volume of a substance
Hot molten materials in a convection cell rises Inner core
near the
The idea that Earth’s lithosphere is broken up Plate Tectonics
into separate plates that float on the mantle is
the theory of
The region in which one plate moves under Subduction zone
another is
The motion of gas or liquid caused by differences Convection current
in temperature is a
A driving force for plate motion at mid-ocean Ridge push
ridges as a result of the rigid lithosphere sliding
down
The process of one plate moving under another Subduction
plate is called
Tectonic plates rides on asthenosphere
The region where old crust melted back into At the mid-ocean ridge
magma is
Not a method of heat transfer condensation
The plastic-like upper portion of the mantle is The asthenosphere
called
Not a driving force of tectonic plates? Drag force
Source of heat in a mantle convection current? The core
Does not describe convection process The handle of a metal pot is hot while cooking
Source of heat generated by the core to the Decayed radioactive elements
mantle
Faster movement of molecules Hot materials
Lesser density in a convection cell? Hot fluid materials
In convection current, hot materials move Downward
Uplifting and tearing apart of lithosphere occurs Divergent boundaru
at
Earth’s lithosphere broken up unto separate Plate tectonics
plates is the theory of
Driving force for plate motion at mid-ocean Ridge push
ridges as a result of the rigid lithosphere sliding
down
Motion of gas or liquid caused by differences in Convection current
temperature is a
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Question Answer
Evidences scientists use to support the Rocks, fossils, climat
continental drift theory
The younger crust is found ___ the mid-ocean Near
ridge
If you are a cartographer, what would give ou an Shape of the continents
idea that the continents where once joined
Discovery that provided strong support for Fossil evidence
Continental Drift Theory
Not an evidence of seafloor spreading Fossil evidence
Alfred wegener’s theory was not accepted He cannot explain what causes the continents to
immediately because drift
Why were magnetc patterns found o the ocean They showed lternating bands of normal and
floor puzzling? reversed polarity
Process that forms and moves new oceanic crust Seafloor spreading
Supercontinental landmass formed million of Pangea
years ago
If Australia is moving 2cm/year and was drifted 50 million years
from the ridge by 1000km, how long was when
Australia was near the ridge?
Mainly proves that the Cape Mountains of South Rock kayers in different continents exactly
America and Africa lined up perfectly before matched
Antarctica having fossils of ancient plants and Antarctica had once located near the equator
animals
German scientist who hypothesized in 1912 that Alfred Lothar Wegener
continents were once a giant landmass called
Pangea
Harry Hammond Hess realizes in 1950s when his He realized that the Earth’s crusthad been
team was exploring the ocean floor and moving away on each side of oceanic ridges,
discovered the mid-atlantic ridge down the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
Most important fossil plnat evidence that Glossopteris
cotinents are drifting
Evidences gathered by Wegener Continenal fit, rocks, fossils, coal deposits,
ancient climate, and glaciers
2 specific continents that perfectly fit together South America and Africa
Edges of oceanic crust near and far from the mid- Oceanic crust is younger near the ridge but older
oceanic ridge far from it
During the WWII, he discovered and proposed Harry Hess
that the origin of the plate would be at the mid-
oceanic ridge
sediments Sediments are thinner nar the ridge but thicker as
you go far from it
Boundary that is occurring in the Mid-atlantic Divergent plate boundary
ridge
Why is earth not getting bigger Older oceanic materials are pushed away and
 slowly consumed in the subduction zone
In 1900s sientists mapped mid-ocean ridges using Sonars
what?