Science quiz

Earthquakes and plate tectonics

Easy round
• 1.What seismic waves that can
travel in all states of matter?
a.periodic wave
b.s-waves
c.transverse waves
d.p-waves
•2.What do you call an earthquake
that happens under the sea?
a.earthquake
b.tsunami
c.typhoon
d.tornado
•3.It is the longest mountain range in the
Philippines, Filipinos usually called this as
"Backbone of Luzon"
a.sierra madre range
b.zambales mountains
c.cordillera central
d.caraballo mountains
•4.Who proposed me a theory of
seafloor spreading in the early
60's?
a. Alfred Wegener
b. Albert Einstein
c. Harry Hess and Robert Dietz
d. Charles Darwin
•5.It is the Hot molten or partially
molten rock in the mantle ?
a.lava
b.magma
c.Fire
d.Water
•6.Who proposed a theory that the
earth is once a single landmass?
a.Robert Dietz
b.Harry Hess
c. Alfred Wegener
d.Albert Einstein
7.It is a mesozoic supercontinental
landmass that consisted all the
present continents?
a. Asia
b. Africa
c. Pangaea
d.Europe
8.how does heat in the mantle
circulate to the earth?
a. Convection Current
b. Internal heating
c. heat from the core.
d. Radioactive Isotopes
• 9.It is the most famous fault in the world
formed by the tectonic plate boundary between
the Pacific Plate and Northern American Plate?
a.Bangui Fault
b. West valley fault line.
c. San Andreas Fault
d. Surigao Fault line
• 10.How many active volcanoes have in the
Philippines?
a.34
b.24
c.38
d.28
Difficult round
•1.It is an apparatus that
measure and record vibrations
within the earth and of the
ground.
•2. It is a theory that pieces of
Earth's lithosphere are in
constant motion, driven by
convection current in the
mantle.
•3.It is geologic event that is
most likely to happen in
transform of on plate
boundary.
•4.a large volcanic crater,
especially one formed by a
major eruption leading to the
collapse of the mouth of the
volcano.
5.What is the largest caldera
in the World that is located in
the Philippines?
Tie breaker
•Where in the Philippines is
the Apolaki Caldera
located?
•Earthquakes are
measured by what
scale?