Quiz No. 1 CONVERGENT BOUNDARIES

What will form when one plate is forced under another plate?

• A. transform boundary

• B. subduction zone

• C. divergent boundary

• D. mid-ocean ridge

If A is a continental crust while B is an oceanic crust, what may possibly  form between them?

• A. trench

• B. island arc

• C. mid-ocean ridge

• D. mountain ranges

What geologic feature/event would you most likely to find at a convergent  boundary between two pieces of continental crust?

• A. Volcano

• B. Mountain

• C. Rift

• D. Island Arc

The Himalayas in Asia are an example of what type of plate boundary?

• A. ocean-to-ocean convergent

• B. divergent

• C. continent-to-continent convergent

• D. ocean-to-continent convergent

In terms of the consequences on the Earth’s lithosphere, how will you  differentiate converging of two continental plates with the other two types of  convergent plates?

• A. There are formation of volcanoes, island arc and trenches

• B. There is no subduction process, mountain ranges are formed

• C. Strong earthquakes will occur due to the collision of the two plates

• D. Strong tsunami will occur due to the collision of the two plates

Philippine is an island arc formed from? 

• A. Strike slip fault

• B. Collision of two oceanic plates

• C. Collision of two continental plates

• D. Collision of oceanic and continental plates

You are an oceanographer and want to map the ocean floor on the east  coast of the Philippines. As you do your study, you notice that there is a portion of  the ocean floor which is relatively much deeper than the rest. What most likely is  that deeper part?

• A. Linear Sea

• B. Oceanic ridge

• C. Rift valley

• D. Trench

Underwater earthquakes can generate a harbour wave with very long  wavelengths called

• A. Trench

• B. Rift valley

• C. Tsunami

• D. Mid–ocean ridge

If A and B are both oceanic crust, What may possibly form between them if  they move towards each other?

• A. Volcano

• b) Island arc

• c) Mid-ocean ridge

• d) Mountain ranges

Which statement best describes the continental and oceanic crust?

• A. The crust is thinner and less dense than the oceanic crust

• B. The crust is thinner and denser than the oceanic crust

• C. The crust is thicker and less dense than the oceanic crust

• D. The crust is thicker and denser than the oceanic crust