QUIZ

Directions: Indicate whether

each statement is TRUE or
FALSE. Write T if the statement
is True and F if False.
1. Alfred Wedgenner (1915) proposed his
theory of "continental drift" where
continents broken through crust of ocean
basins. Also known as
“Puzzle-like fit of Continents”
2. Earthquakes are also called
TEMBLORS.
3. Any sudden shaking of the ground caused by the
passage of seismic waves through the rocks of the
Earth is called Earthquake.
4. The movement of the crust of the Earth resulting from the release of built
up kinetic energy between two stuck tectonic plates is called earthquake.
5. Pacific Ring of Fire refers to the region bordering the Pacific Ocean
where active site of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur.
6. Philippine Institute of Volcanoes and
Seismology (PHILVOLCS)
7. Fault refers to a fracture, fissure or a zone of strength where
movement of displacement has occurred or will occur again.
 8. Focus is also called hypocenter where it is the point below the
surface of Earth where the rocks break along a fault and energy is
released.
9. The two classifications of Surface waves
are Primary Wave and Secondary Wave.
10. A rayleigh wave rolls along the ground just like a wave
rolls across a lake or an ocean. Because it rolls, it moves
the ground up and down, and side-to-side in the same
direction that the wave is moving.
11. Seismographs are instruments that detect seismic waves
while
Seismometer records intensity, height and amplitude of
seismic waves.
12. Magnitude is related to energy released
while Intensity measures how strong or weak
the shaking is and it is determined by
observing the effects of the earthquake in
different places.
13. Active fault do not show signs of generated earthquakes in the last 10,000
years but may ‘possibly’ still generate an earthquake in the future.
 14. A tsunami is a sea wave caused by an underwater earthquake or
landslide. It is usually triggered by an earthquake, and results in
displacing the ocean water, throwing it ashore and into the land.
15. Tsunamis may also be caused by underwater
landslides or volcanic eruptions.