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Quarter I REVIEW GAME-Earth and Space

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  • What do you call the outermost, rigid layer of the Earth, consisting of the Earth’s crust and upper mantle?
    Biosphere
    Inner Core
    Asthenosphere
    Lithosphere
  • According to Wegener, what evidence did glaciers leave for the existence of Pangea?
    Coal Deposit
    Fossil
    Striation
    Glacial Lakes
  • In which layer of the earth do tectonic plates float?
    Crust
    Core
    Mantle
    Lithosphere
  • Which observation was NOT instrumental in formulating the hypothesis of seafloor spreading?
    Magnetization of the oceanic crust
    Identifying the location of glacial deposits
    Thickness of seafloor sediments
    Depth of the ocean
  • Who came up with the idea of continental drift theory?
    Robert Dietz
    Harry Hess
    Alfred Wegener
    Albert Einstein
  • What happens when an oceanic plate converges with a continental plate?
    Option B
    Option C
    Option D
    Option A
  • Which of these features was formed by the convergence of oceanic plates?
    The Marianas trench
    The San Andreas Fault
    The Great African Rift Valley
    The Himalayas
  • In tectonic plates, what place do most earthquakes occur?
    Boundaries
    Centers
    Circum-Pacific Belt
    Ocean ridge
  • What type of crust is pushed into the mantle at subduction zone?
    Younger
    Older
    Newer
    Lighter
  • What do you call the entire cycle of heating occurring in the mantle?
    Convection Current
    Heat Current
    None of these
    Compound Current
  • What geologic event is most likely to happen in a transform fault boundary?
    Rift Valley
    Mountain formation
    Earthquake
    Volcanic eruption
  • Which of the following features would you expect to find at an oceanic–oceanic convergent boundary?
    Volcanic arc islands
    Earthquakes
    All of the choices
    Ocean trenches
  • Which of the following is NOT related to sea floor spreading?
    Thickness of seafloor sediment
    depth ocean
    magnetization of the oceanic crust
    Identifying the location of glacial deposit
  • Which of the following evidence supports the continental drift theory?
    Mesosaurus fossils found in South America and Africa.
    Large sediment deposits on the ocean floor.
    Dinosaur fossils from Mesozoic era
    Plant fossils found in upper Africa.
  • 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 the oldest
    Volcano A is older than C
    Volcanic B is younger than A
    Volcano B is younger than C
  • How do you compare the densities of the Earth’s crust, mantle and core?
    The mantle is denser than the core but less dense than the c
    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 both the core and the crust.
  • How did the Himalayan Mountain form?
    Two continental plates converged
    An oceanic plate and continental plate converged
    Two continental plates diverged
    Two oceanic plates converged
  • Which zone of the earth is made up of liquid iron?
    Inner Core
    Upper Mantle
    Outer Core
    Asthenosphere
  • What do you call the region along the plate boundary where one plate is forced under another?
    Transform fault
    Subduction zone
    Paleomagnetic band
    Rift valley
  • 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 B
    Option A
    Option D
    Option C
  • The lithospheric plates are believed to be moving slowly. What is the driving force that facilitates this movement?
    convection current in the mantle
    magnetic force at the poles
    gravitational force of the moon
    the force of the atmosphere
  • Which of the following can you infer from the continuous movement of the lithospheric plates over the asthenosphere?
    Option C
    Option B
    Option D
    Option A
  • What was the name of the floral fossils Wegener used for the idea of continental drift?
    Cynognathus
    Glossopteris
    Lystrosaurus
    Glossosaurus
  • What type of plate boundary is illustrated in Figure 9-2?
    Convergent Oceanic-Oceanic boundary
    Convergent Oceanic-Continental boundary
    divergent boundary
    Transform fault
  • Which of the following best describes a tectonic plate?
    A large slab of asthenosphere that moves over the Earth’s su
    A slab of crust and upper mantle that moves our Earth’s s
    A part of the asthenosphere in which the convection takes
    A large slab of crust where convection takes place
  • 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?
    Laurasia
    Eurasia
    Pangaea
    Gondwanaland
  • 3. You were asked to locate the epicenter of a recent earthquake. Which correct sequence of events should you follow?
    IV, II, I, III
    III, IV, I, II
    I, III, II, IV
    III, I, IV, II
  • What is a transform fault boundary?
    The two plates move towards each other.
    The two plates collide.
    The two plates pull away from each other.
    The two plates slide past one another.
  • Which of the following statement is INCORRECT?
    The mantle and the outer core are separated the Mohoviric
    The Earth’s crust is made up of rocks.
    The inner core is made up of solid iron and nickel.
    The thicker layer of the Earth is crust
  • What process is illustrated by the area labeled H in Figure 9-2?
    Seafloor Spreading
    Continental Volcanism
    Rifting
    Subduction
  • In the middle of an island, there is a rift valley. What type of plate boundary exists on that island?
    Surgent
    Convergent
    Divergent
    Transform Fault
  • What do you think is the basis of scientists in dividing Earth’s lithosphere into several plates? I. Volcanism II. Seismicity III. Mountain formation
    II and III
    I only
    II only
    i, II, and III
  • Miners dig into the Earth in search for precious rocks and minerals. In which layer is the deepest explorations made by miners?
    Inner Core
    Mantle
    Outer Core
    Crust
  • Which of the following is an evidence of the S-waves shadow zone?
    The Outer core is liquid
    It is very hot near the core.
    D. The outer core is composed of iron and nickel.
    The inner core is solid.
  • 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?
    In the interior of any continent
    Along boundaries between colliding lithosphere plates
    Where one has not happened in at least 10 million years
    Where two plates are diverging from one another
  • What makes up the lithosphere?
    Continental crust
    Oceanic crust and continental crust
    Crust and the upper mantle
    Upper mantle
  • Which device is used to record earthquake waves?
    Seismogram
    Seismic recorder
    Seismicity
    Seismograph
  • What is the minimum number of seismograph stations a scientist must have data from in order to locate the epicenter of an earthquake?
    3
    1
    4
    2
  • If all the inner layers of the Earth are firm solid, what could have happened to Pangaea?
    It would have stretched and covered the whole world.
    It would have become as it is today.
    It remained as a supercontinent.
    It would have slowly disappeared in the ocean.
  • Where do you find the locations of earthquake’s epicenter, volcanoes and mountain ranges?
    at the oceanic crust
    at the middle of the plates
    at the continental crust
    along the edges of the plates
  • 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?
    Mantle
    Atmosphere
    Lithosphere
    Asthenosphere
  • How the Philippine islands was formed?
    Collision between continental to continental plates
    Collision between oceanic to oceanic plates
    Divergence of continental to oceanic plates.
    Collision between oceanic to continental plates
  • If you visit a place in Pacific known to be along converging plates, which of these should you NOT expect to see?
    Mountain ranges
    Rift Valley
    Active volcano
    Volcanic island
  • What method is used in locating earthquake’s epicenter?
    SONAR
    Seismograph
    Subduction
    Triangulation
  • Do two colliding continental plates always form volcanoes?
    Option C
    Option B
    Option A
    Option D
  • Why the inner core of the earth remains solid?
    Extreme Amount of Iron
    Extreme Temperature
    Extreme Pressure
    All of the choices
  • When a Seafloor spreading occurs?
    hot, less dense materials below Earth’s crust is forced u
    sediments accumulate on the ocean floor
    New material is being added to the asthenosphere
    earthquakes break apart the ocean floor
  • Why oceanic crust usually subducts beneath the continental crust when they collided?
    thinner than continental crust
    less dense than continental crust
    denser than the continental crust
    thicker than continental crust
  • 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?
    3 kilometers
    3000 kilometers
    30 kilometers
    300 Kilometers
  • What do you call the boundary between the Earth’s crust and mantle where the speed of seismic waves change?
    Lithosphere
    Moho
    Shadow Zone
    Magnetosphere
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