Quarter I REVIEW GAME-Earth and Space | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

Which of the following can you infer from the continuous movement of the lithospheric plates over the asthenosphere?

Option C

Option D

Option B

Option A

The lithospheric plates are believed to be moving slowly. What is the driving force that facilitates this movement?

convection current in the mantle

the force of the atmosphere

gravitational force of the moon

magnetic force at the poles

If the Atlantic Ocean is widening at a rate of 3 cm per year, how far (in kilometers) will it spread in a million years?

30 kilometers

3 kilometers

300 Kilometers

3000 kilometers

During the 1960s, scientists were already equipped with gadgets needed to explore the deep ocean. What discovery about the ocean floor is associated with the seafloor spreading?

Option D

Option C

Option B

Option A

Which observation was NOT instrumental in formulating the hypothesis of seafloor spreading?

Thickness of seafloor sediments

Depth of the ocean

Identifying the location of glacial deposits

Magnetization of the oceanic crust

Which of the following evidence supports the continental drift theory?

Mesosaurus fossils found in South America and Africa.

Dinosaur fossils from Mesozoic era

Large sediment deposits on the ocean floor.

Plant fossils found in upper Africa.

What was the name of the floral fossils Wegener used for the idea of continental drift?

Glossopteris

Glossosaurus

Cynognathus

Lystrosaurus

If all the inner layers of the Earth are firm solid, what could have happened to Pangaea?

It would have become as it is today.

It remained as a supercontinent.

It would have slowly disappeared in the ocean.

It would have stretched and covered the whole world.

Who came up with the idea of continental drift theory?

Alfred Wegener

Harry Hess

Albert Einstein

Robert Dietz

When a Seafloor spreading occurs?

New material is being added to the asthenosphere

earthquakes break apart the ocean floor

sediments accumulate on the ocean floor

hot, less dense materials below Earth’s crust is forced u

The movement of the lithospheric plates is facilitated by a soft, weak and plastic-like layer. Which of the following layers is described in the statement?

Asthenosphere

Atmosphere

Mantle

Lithosphere

How do you compare the densities of the Earth’s crust, mantle and core?

The mantle is less dense than the core but denser than th

The mantle is less dense than both the core and the crust.

The mantle is denser than the core but less dense than the c

The mantle is denser than both the core and the crust.

Miners dig into the Earth in search for precious rocks and minerals. In which layer is the deepest explorations made by miners?

Crust

Mantle

Inner Core

Outer Core

What makes up the lithosphere?

Oceanic crust and continental crust

Continental crust

Crust and the upper mantle

Upper mantle

Which of the following is NOT related to sea floor spreading?

Identifying the location of glacial deposit

depth ocean

magnetization of the oceanic crust

Thickness of seafloor sediment

What do you call the entire cycle of heating occurring in the mantle?

Convection Current

Heat Current

Compound Current

None of these

According to Wegener, what evidence did glaciers leave for the existence of Pangea?

Striation

Fossil

Glacial Lakes

Coal Deposit

Which of the following best describes a tectonic plate?

A slab of crust and upper mantle that moves our Earth’s s

A large slab of asthenosphere that moves over the Earth’s su

A part of the asthenosphere in which the convection takes

A large slab of crust where convection takes place

In which layer of the earth do tectonic plates float?

Lithosphere

Core

Crust

Mantle

What type of crust is pushed into the mantle at subduction zone?

Younger

Lighter

Older

Newer

Which of the following statement is INCORRECT?

The thicker layer of the Earth is crust

The mantle and the outer core are separated the Mohoviric

The inner core is made up of solid iron and nickel.

The Earth’s crust is made up of rocks.

Which of the following is an evidence of the S-waves shadow zone?

The inner core is solid.

The Outer core is liquid

It is very hot near the core.

D. The outer core is composed of iron and nickel.

What do you call the boundary between the Earth’s crust and mantle where the speed of seismic waves change?

Moho

Shadow Zone

Lithosphere

Magnetosphere

Which zone of the earth is made up of liquid iron?

Outer Core

Inner Core

Asthenosphere

Upper Mantle

What do you call the outermost, rigid layer of the Earth, consisting of the Earth’s crust and upper mantle?

Lithosphere

Inner Core

Asthenosphere

Biosphere

Why the inner core of the earth remains solid?

Extreme Pressure

Extreme Temperature

Extreme Amount of Iron

All of the choices

How the Philippine islands was formed?

Collision between oceanic to continental plates

Collision between oceanic to oceanic plates

Collision between continental to continental plates

Divergence of continental to oceanic plates.

How did the Himalayan Mountain form?

Two continental plates converged

Two continental plates diverged

Two oceanic plates converged

An oceanic plate and continental plate converged

If you used the theory of plate tectonics to predict the most likely place for the next earthquakes or volcanic eruptions which would it most likely to occur?

Where two plates are diverging from one another

In the interior of any continent

Where one has not happened in at least 10 million years

Along boundaries between colliding lithosphere plates

What is the minimum number of seismograph stations a scientist must have data from in order to locate the epicenter of an earthquake?

3

4

2

1

What process is illustrated by the area labeled H in Figure 9-2?

Subduction

Rifting

Seafloor Spreading

Continental Volcanism

What type of plate boundary is illustrated in Figure 9-2?

divergent boundary

Transform fault

Convergent Oceanic-Oceanic boundary

Convergent Oceanic-Continental boundary

In the middle of an island, there is a rift valley. What type of plate boundary exists on that island?

Divergent

Convergent

Surgent

Transform Fault

In 1912, Alfred Wegener proposed a theory that the Earth is once a single landmass. What is the name of the Mesozoic Supercontinent that consisted of all of the present continents?

Pangaea

Gondwanaland

Eurasia

Laurasia

Which of these features was formed by the convergence of oceanic plates?

The Marianas trench

The Great African Rift Valley

The Himalayas

The San Andreas Fault

What do you call the region along the plate boundary where one plate is forced under another?

Subduction zone

Rift valley

Paleomagnetic band

Transform fault

What geologic event is most likely to happen in a transform fault boundary?

Earthquake

Rift Valley

Volcanic eruption

Mountain formation

In a hot spot, Volcano A is on top of the mantle plume, Volcano B is 10 km further from A and Volcano C is farthest. What do you infer about the age of the volcano?

Volcano B is younger than C

Volcano A is older than C

Volcano B is the oldest

Volcanic B is younger than A

If you visit a place in Pacific known to be along converging plates, which of these should you NOT expect to see?

Rift Valley

Active volcano

Mountain ranges

Volcanic island

Why oceanic crust usually subducts beneath the continental crust when they collided?

denser than the continental crust

thicker than continental crust

less dense than continental crust

thinner than continental crust

Which of the following features would you expect to find at an oceanic–oceanic convergent boundary?

All of the choices

Earthquakes

Ocean trenches

Volcanic arc islands

Do two colliding continental plates always form volcanoes?

Option C

Option D

Option B

Option A

What is a transform fault boundary?

The two plates slide past one another.

The two plates collide.

The two plates move towards each other.

The two plates pull away from each other.

What happens when an oceanic plate converges with a continental plate?

Option C

Option B

Option A

Option D

What do you think is the basis of scientists in dividing Earth’s lithosphere into several plates? I. Volcanism II. Seismicity III. Mountain formation

i, II, and III

II and III

II only

I only

Where do you find the locations of earthquake’s epicenter, volcanoes and mountain ranges?

along the edges of the plates

at the oceanic crust

at the continental crust

at the middle of the plates

Which device is used to record earthquake waves?

Seismograph

Seismogram

Seismicity

Seismic recorder

3. You were asked to locate the epicenter of a recent earthquake. Which correct sequence of events should you follow?

III, I, IV, II

I, III, II, IV

III, IV, I, II

IV, II, I, III

What method is used in locating earthquake’s epicenter?

Triangulation

Subduction

Seismograph

SONAR

In tectonic plates, what place do most earthquakes occur?

Boundaries

Centers

Ocean ridge

Circum-Pacific Belt