Science Spark Challenge

Front

How will you relate the distribution of active volcanoes, earthquake epicenters and mountain belts all over the world?

Back

Active volcanoes, earthquake epicenters and mountain belts are somewhat located almost on same areas.

Front

What does the locations of the earthquake epicenters say about lithospheric plates?

Back

The location of earthquake epicenters are most likely the edges of the tectonic plate boundaries.

Front

What plate less likely experienced earthquake activity? Options: Antarctic Plate, Pacific Plate, Philippines Plate, South American Plate

Back

Antarctic Plate

Front

Which of the following about plate boundaries is/are correct? I. Convergent: moving toward II. Divergent: moving apart III. Transform-fault: slide past each other

Back

I, II, III

Front

Which of the following is a convergent boundary?
Options: Arabian Plate and African Plate, Caribbean Plate and Eurasian Plate, North American Plate and Cocos Plate, Philippine Plate and Eurasian

Back

Philippine Plate and Eurasian

Front

What do you expect to find/happen near a divergent boundary? Options: oceanic ridge, trench, rift valley, rift valley, oceanic ridge, earthquake, volcanic Island arc, trench, rift valley, volcanic island arc, trench, mountain range

Back

rift valley, oceanic ridge, earthquake

Front

If you visit a place in the Pacific known to be along converging plates, which of these geologic features should you expect to see? I. active volcanoes II. oceanic ridge III. rift valleys IV. trench V. volcanic islands

Back

active volcanoes, trench, volcanic islands

Front

When oceanic Plate Y converges with continental Plate X, what is most likely to happen?

Back

Part of Plate Y will subduct and turn into magma.

Front

Which of the following statements best explain the cause of the movement of plates? Earth’s lithosphere is divided into several plates that ride over the weak asthenosphere., Heat is produced in the core that produces convection in the mantle causes the plate to move around., Mantle is fluid that is why the solid lithosphere floats on it., Subduction or the process in which the crust plunges back into the earth causes for plates to move.

Back

Heat is produced in the core that produces convection in the mantle causes the plate to move around.

Front

What best explain and illustrate the convection occurring in the mantle? Options: I and II. Convection causes upward and downward direction changes and influence sea floor to separate or spread. II and IV. After heating, the alternate current direction causes the plates to converge, diverge and slide past another. III only. Convection current and inward rotational movement form the chain of mountains under the oceans. IV only. Convection current outward rotational mass movements cause the crustal plates to diverge.

Back

Convection current outward rotational mass movements cause the crustal plates to diverge.