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Quarter I REVIEW GAME-Earth and Space

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