1.

Earth is the only planet to be

named in English. The word
“Earth” is an old English word for
_____.
a. Land
b. Soil
c. Island
d. water
2. The person who study the size and
shape of the earth is called ____
a. Geology
b. Geodensee
c. Geodesy
d.Geologist
3. It is the transition boundary
between the Earth’s crust and
the mantle.
a. Lehman
b. Gutenberg
c. Moho
d. Wegener
4. Pangaea means _____.
a. all land
b. all water
c. all seas
d. all earth
5. What theory explains that Earth’s outer
shell is broken up into several slabs of
rocks called plates?
a. Plate tectonic theory
b. Continental drift theory
c. Subduction zone
d.Convection – mantle hypothesis
6. The following is where the volcanoes
occur EXCEPT:
a.Subduction zones
b.Hot spot
c.Additional zones
d.None of the above
7. Who do you think is the proponent of
the continental drift theory?
a.Alfred Wegener
b.Sir Isaac Newton
c. Aristotle
d. John Tuzo Wilson
8. Which of the following is the longest
mountain range in the Philippines?
a. Andes
b. Sierra Madre
c. Mount Apo
d. Appalachian Range
9. Among the given terms, which one
refers to a series of large ocean waves
caused by an underwater earthquake?
a. Syncline
b. Upwelling
c. Tsunami
d. None of the above
10. Which of the terms below refers to the
origin of an earthquake?
a. Epicenter
b. Focus
c. Fault
d. Seismic
11. Why must one cover his/her
nose and mouth with a damp of
cloth in the event of an eruption?
a. To avoid inhaling dust and ashes
b. To prevent abrasions on the face
c. To keep the face cool
d. All of the above
12. Which type of volcanic eruption
involves fluid lava that is sprayed from
the volcanic opening and flows down
the flanks?
a. Hawaiian eruption
b. Lava fountain
c. Lava flow
d. Plinian eruption
13. Which of the following is formed
when one oceanic plate bends and
moves under another plate, creating
an ocean trench on the surface?
a. mountain
b. subduction zone
c. transform fault
d. volcanic arc
14. Which of the following are associated
with the formation of island arcs?
a. transform plate boundaries
b. divergent plate boundaries
c. two oceanic convergent plate
boundaries
d. oceanic – continental convergent plate
boundaries
15. Who was the scientist responsible for
the theory suggesting that the shape of
Hawaiian Islands is the result of the
Pacific plate moving over a hotspot found
in the mantle?
a. John Tuzo Wilson
b. Alfred Wegener
c. Antonio Snider - Pellegrini
d. Frank Taylor
16. What kind of eruption is
characterized by watery lava that
flows out in a steady stream?
a. Effusive eruption
b. Explosive eruption
c. Plinian eruption
d. Lava dome
17. Which type of plate boundary
involves two plates sliding past each
other?
a. convergent boundary
b. divergent boundary
c. transform fault
d. subduction zone
18. What do you call a region
where two plates collide?
a. convergent boundary
b. divergent boundary
c. transform fault
d. subduction zone
19. Which type of plate boundary
involves two plates moving apart each
other?
a. convergent boundary
b. divergent boundary
c. transform fault
d. subduction zone
20. Which term refers to the
outpouring of magma from a
volcano?
a. hotspot
b. earthquake
c. epicenter
d. eruption
II. Enumeration

21 – 24. The evidences of Continental Drift

Theory.

25 – 27. The compositional layer of the Earth.

28 – 30. The mechanisms in the crust.