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Formed because of the convergence of the

Republic of the Philippines Philippine Plate and the Pacific Plate
Department of Education c. Originated geologically in an oceanic-oceanic
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SCHOOL d. Some are products of subduction process
Government Center, Dahican, Mati ___9. In a hot spot, volacano A is on top of the mantle
plume, Volcano B is 10 km farther from A while volcano C
Second Periodical Exam in Earth & Space- 8 is the farthest. What can you infer about the ages of the
volcanoes?
Name: _________________ Gr. & Sec.: _____________ a. Volcano A is the older than C
b. Volcano B is the oldest
Test I. Choose the letter of the correct answer. c. Volcano B is the youngest
d. Volcano B is younger than C
___1. When two tectonic plates collide, the oceanic crust ___10. Right in the middle of an island, you can find a rift
usually subducts beneath the continental crust because it is valley. What type of plate boundary exist on that island?
A. Denser than continental crust a. Convergent
B. Less dense than the continental crust b. Divergent
C. Thicker than the continental crust c. Normal fault
D. Thinner than the continental crust d. Transform fault
___2. If you visit a place in the Pacific known to be along
converging plates, which of these should you not expect to ___11. You were asked to locate the epicenter of a recent
see? earthquake. Which correct sequence of events should you
a. Active volcanoes follow?
b. Mountain ranges i. Determine the difference in the arrival time of
c. Rift valleys S and P waves recorded from each of the
d. Volcanic islands seismological stations
___3. You are an oceanographer and want to map the ocean ii. Use the triangulation method to locate the
floor on the east coast of the Philippines. As you do your center
study, you notice that there is a portion in the ocean floor iii. Obtain data from three different seismological
which is relatively much deeper than the rest. What most stations
likely is that deeper part? iv. Determine the distance of the epicenter from
a. Linear sea the station
b. Reverse fault
c. Rift valley a. i, iii,ii,iv b. iii, I,iv,ii c. iii, iv,I,ii
d. Trench d. iv, ii,I,iii
___12. What do you expect to find parallel to a trench?
___4. What do you expect to find at a mid- ocean ridge? a. Hot spot
a. Relatively young rocks b. Ocean ridge
b. Reverse fault c. Rift valey
c. Thick accumulation of sediments d. Volcanic arc
d. Very ancient rocks ___13. An S-wave shadow zone is formed as seismic waves
___5. Crustal plate A is moving away from crustal plate B. travel through the earths body. Which of the following
What is the expected average rate of change in position statements does this S-wave shadow zone indicate?
between A and B? a. The inner core is liquid.
a. A few centimeters per year b. The inner core is solid.
b. A few meters per month c. The mantle is solid.
c. A few millimeters per century d. The outer core is liquid.
d. A few millimeters day ___14. Why are there no P-waves or S-waves received in
___6. Which plate boundary is formed between the the P-wave shadow zone?
Philippine plate and the Eurasian plate? a. P-waves are absorbed and S-waves are refracted by
a. Convergent Earths outer core.
b. Divergent b. P-waves are refracted and S-waves are absorbed by
c. Reverse fault Earths outer core.
d. Transform fault c. Both the P-waves and S-waves are refracted by
___7. Which of these is FALSE about lithospheric plates: Earths outer core.
a. Have the same thickness everywhere d. Both the P-waves and S-waves are absorbed by
b. Include the crust and upper mantle Earths outer core.
c. Thickest in the mountain regions ___15. What makes up the lithosphere?
d. Vary in thickness a. Continental crust
___8. Which of these is NOT true about the Philippine b. Crust and the upper mantle.
islands? c. Oceanic crust and continental crust
a. Most are part of the Philippine Mobile Belt, except d. Upper mantle
for Palawan, Mindoro and Zamboanga
___16. Miners dig into the Earth in search for precious b. Harry Hess and Robert Dietz
rocks and minerals. In which layer is the deepest c. John Butler and Arthur Smite
explorations made by miners? d. F. Vine and D. Mathews
a. Crust ___25. During the 1960s, scientists were already equipped
b. Inner core with gadgets needed to explore the deep ocean. What
c. Mantle discovery about the ocean floor is associated with the
d. Outer core seafloor spreading?
___17. How do you compare the densities of the Earths a. Mountains are denser than the mantle.
crust, mantle, and core? b. The rotational poles of the Earth have migrated.
a. The mantle is less dense than the core but denser c. The crust of the continents is more dense than the
than the crust. crust of the ocean.
b. The mantle is less dense than both the core and the d. The crust of the ocean is very young relative to the
crust. age of the crust of the continents.
c. The mantle is denser than the core but less dense ___26. If the Atlantic Ocean is widening at a rate of 3 cm
than the crust. per year, how far (in kilometers) will it spread in a million
d. The mantle is denser than both the core and the years?
crust. a. 3 kilometers
___18. The movement of the lithospheric plates is facilitated b. 30 kilometers
by a soft, weak and plastic-like layer. Which of the c. 300 kilometers
following layers is described in the statement? d. 3000 kilometers
a. Asthenosphere ___27. Which of the following increases with distance from
b. Atmosphere a mid-ocean ridge?
c. Lithosphere a. The age of the oceanic lithosphere
d. Mantle b. The thickness of the lithosphere
___19. Alfred Wegener is a German scientist who c. The depth to the sea floor
hypothesized that the Earth was once made up of a single d. All of the above
large landmass called Pangaea. Which of the following ___28. Which of the following can you infer from the
theories did Wegener propose? continuous movement of the lithospheric plates over the
a. Continental Drift Theory asthenosphere?
b. Continental Shift Theory a. All the continents will cease to exist.
c. Plate Tectonics b. All the volcanoes in the Philippines will become
d. Seafloor Spreading Theory inactive.
___20. If you are cartoghrapher, what will give you an idea c. The continents will not be located in the same
that the continents were once joined? place as they are now.
a. Ocean depth d. The islands of the Philippines will become
b. Position of the South Pole scattered all over the world.
c. Shape of the continents ___29. The lithospheric plates are believed to be moving
d. Size of the Atlantic Ocean slowly. What is the driving force that facilitates this
___21. Which observation was NOT instrumental in movement?
formulating the hypothesis of seafloor spreading? a. Gravitational force of the moon
a. Depth of the ocean b. Magnetic force at the poles
b. Identifying the location of glacial deposits c. Convection current in the mantle
c. Magnetization of the oceanic crust d. The force of the atmosphere
d. Thickness of the seafloor sediments ___30. If all the inner layers of the Earth are firm solid,
___22. As a new seafloor is formed at the mid-ocean ridge, what could have happened to Pangaea?
the old seafloor farthest from the ridge is destroyed. Which a. It remained as a supercontinent.
of the stated processes describes how the oceanic crust b. It would have become as it is today.
plunges into the Earth and destroyed at the mantle? c. It would have slowly disappeared in the ocean.
a. Convection d. It would have stretched and covered the whole
b. Construction world.
c. Diversion
d. Subduction
___23. In 1912, Alfred Wegener proposed a theory that the
earth is once a single landmass. What is the name of the
Mezosoic supercontinents that consisted of all of the present
continents?
a. Eurasia
b. Laurasia
c. Pangaea
d. Gondwanaland
___24. Who were the two scientist who proposed the theory
of seafloor spreading in the early 1960s?
a. Charles Darwin and James Hutton
Test II. Match Column A with Column B. Write the letter of the correct answer in your answer sheet.

Column A Column B
31. Magnetic Reversal is also known as A. Rayleigh wave
32. Place where two oceanic plates collide. B. Pangaea

33. Most active site of seafloor spreading. C. East Pacific Rise

34. Scientists who were suggested an explanation on Continental drift. D. Fossils
35. An undersea mountain chain in Atlantic Ocean. E. Magnetic flip of the Earth
36. Freshwater reptile/ fossil discovered in different continents. F. Crust
37. Preserved remains or traces of organisms from the remote past. G. Mesosaurus
38. All Earth H. Mid-Atlantic Ridge
39. Thinnest and outermost layer of the Earth. I. Alfred Wegener
40. Soft and weak layer of the Earth. J. Rift Valley
41. A pulse energy that travels quickly through Earth and liquids. K. Subduction Zone
42. A pulse energy that travels slower than P-waves and solids. L. Athenosphere
43. A wave that moves the ground in a side-to-side horizontal motion. M. Primary wave
44. A wave that rolls across a lake or an ocean. N. Love wave
45. Plates move apart, creating a zone tension. O. Tsunami
46. Plate that is moving toward each other, plates collide. P. Transform Fault Boundary
47. Plates slide or grind past each other. Q. Secondary wave
48. A series of ocean waves with very long wavelengths. R. Harry Hess, Robert Dietz
49. The breaking that leads to the formation of down faulted valleys. S. Convergent Plate Boundary
50. A meteorologist who proposed the theory of Pangaea. T. Divergent Plate Boundary
U. Continental Drift
V. Inner core

Test III. Fill in the table to complete the information.

ELEMENT PERCENTAGE
51. Oxygen
52. Silicon
53.Aluminum
54.Iron
55.Calcium
56.Sodium
57.Potassium
58.Magnesium
59.Titanium
60.Hydrogen

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