DAY 1 GEOLOGY PART III

1. The surface wave that moves the ground laterally is called

A) p-wave C) love wave

B) rayleigh wave D) s-wave

2. The genus of the oldest fossil in the Philippines found near the base of the Punso conglomerate in Mansalay area
Mindoro is

a. Schagerina c. Ozarkodinaturtisis

b. Verbeekina d. Gshelia

3. The said fossil is ________ in age?

a. Triassic c. Cretaceous

b. Permian d. Carboniferous

4. A marine sedimentary environment comprising the seafloor from 600 to 13,500 feet

a. Hadal c. Abyssal

b. Bathyal d. Sublittoral

5. Which place/s employ/s geothermal energy? I. Mt. Apo II. Mt. Matutum III. Makiling-Banahaw IV. Tiwi, Albay

a. II and III c. III and IV

b. I, III and IV d. all of the above

6. In glacial environments, the knife-sharp ridge at the boundary of two-semicircular depressions at the source of
glaciers is called.

a. cirque c. arete

b. horn d. kettle

7. Choose the correct statement.

a. Inactive volcanoes no longerpose hazards. b. Phreatic eruptions involve ejection of new magma.

c. Rocks must completely melt in order to form magma. d. Volcanic eruptions contribute to climatic change.

e. All magmas are silicate melts.

8. Volcanoes consisting mostly of interbedded lava and fragmental deposits are called

a. pyroclastic cones c. shield volcanoes

b. calderas d. stratovolcanoes

9. Which of the following properties of magmas least likely contribute to the explosivity of volcanic eruptions?

a. viscosity c. SiO2 content

b. dissolved gas content d. color of magma

10. What is lava?

a. molten rock below the earth's crust c. NOTA

b. molten rock that reached the earth's surface `d. rock that solidified at depth

11. The Philippine Fault Zone is

a. Thrust fault c. Sinistral fault

b. Dextral fault d. Normal fault

12. The Aglubang Fault is an inactive right-lateral fault found in

a. Canlubang Rizal c. Mindoro Island

b. Lubang Island d. Agusan-Lubang area

13. Where can you find the largest reservoir of freshwater?

a. groudwater B. rivers C. springs d. glaciers

14. What volcanic hazard results from the mixture of pyroclastic materials and rain water?

A. pyroclastic flow C. debris avalanche

B. ash fall D. lahar

15. The Marikina Valley is situated on a _______.

A. graben C. caldera

B. horst D. delta

16. What is the name of the volcano in Iceland that had an explosive eruption last April 2010 and paralyzed air
transportation in Europe?

A. Eyjafjallajökull C. Sichuan

B. Mýrdalsjökull D. Beijing

17. If you drain all the water in the Philippine Sea and expose Benham Rise, what landform is the rise equivalent to?

A. ridge C. Continental rise

B. plateau D. dome

18. What sedimentary basin is located to the east of Central Cordillera Range?

A. Central Luzon Basin C. Mindoro Basin

B. Cagayan Valley Basin D. West Luzon Platform Basin

19. Mayon volcano is an example of what kind of volcano?

A. composite C. cinder

B. fissure D. shield

20. Which of the following is a mineral?

A. pear B. obsidian C. opal D. citrine

21. Subduction of the __________ Philippine Trench produced the chain of volcanoes along the Bicol Peninsula.

A. Pacific plate C. East Luzon plate

B. Philippine Sea Plate D. South China Sea plate

22. Paleogene and Neogene are _____________.

A. periods/system C. eons/eonothem

B. epochs D. formations

23. Which of the following best describes a depositional environment for coal?

A. desert C. deep sea

B. swamp D. Mountain stream

24. Which of the following is a slide type of mass wasting with a rotational motion component?

A. rock slide C. creep

B. debris slide D. slump

25. Considered as the “Age of Fishes”.

A. Cambrian C. Silurian

B. Ordovician D. Devonian

26. On which island can you find the active volcano Mt. Ragang?

A. Luzon C. Mindanao

B. Leyte D. Sulu

27. Which of the following gets magma supply from a spreading mid-ocean ridge?

A. Hawaii C. Indonesia

B. Philippines D. Iceland

28.Which is the correct statement?

A) An increase in lithostatic pressure caused an increase in the volume of rocks and an increase in the density;

B) An increase in lithostatic pressure causes a decrease in the volume of rocks but an increase in the density;

C) An increase in lithostatic pressure causes no effect on the volume of rocks and in the density;

D) None of these

29. Benioff Zones are associated with:

A) Mid- Ocean ridges; B) Subduction zones;

C) Ancient mountain chains; D) All of these

30.Tracing a coal seam from mountain to mountain across a valley is an example of the:

A) Principle of Superposition; B) Principle of Lateral Continuity;

C) Principle of Original Horizontality; D) Principle of Parsimony

31.Rain during a volcanic eruption cause:

A) The volcano to stop erupting; B) Turns volcanic dust into lahar;

C) Makes lava turn to lahar; D) Never happens as rain clouds are pushed away by the eruption

32. A horst is a(n) ________ faulted block, and a graben is a(n) ___________ faulted block. Both are

generated by ____________ forces:

A) Downward, upward, compressional; B) Upward, downward, tensional;

C) Downward, upward, tensional; D) Upward, downward, shearing

33. Which of the following is NOT a difference between an “anticline” and a “syncline,” the different

types of folds?

A) Anticlines "open" upward, whereas synclines "open" downward;

B) Anticlines "open" downward, whereas synclines "open" upward;

C) Anticlines have older rocks in their middle (core) zone / synclines have younger rocks in their middle (core) zone;

D) The two types are inverted relative to each other

34. Which of the following would NOT be a situation that would produce an earthquake?

A) Fluctuations of Earth’s magnetic field; B) A nuclear blast;

C) Cracking of a large mass of rock to release strain energy; D) The collapse of a building

35.How is “brittle” deformation different from “ductile” deformation, and why?

A) Brittle deformation occurs in rocks that are hotter, whereas brittle deformation occurs at low temperature where
energy is lower;

B) Brittle deformation occurs in rocks that are colder, whereas ductile deformation occurs at high temperature
where energy is higher;

C) Brittle deformation is very similar to ductile deformation except for the elastic strain energy found in rocks that
have undergone brittle deformation;

D) Brittle deformation causes rocks to be transported on faults and folds, whereas ductile deformation involves
elastic and recoverable strain only

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