G10 Science (Week 2)

Modified True or False. Read carefully. Write True if the statement is correct. If incorrect, change the underlined word to make the statement true.

 

The formation of the Philippine archipelago is characterized by the processes that occur due to continental to continental convergence.

Modified True or False. Read carefully. Write True if the statement is correct. If incorrect, change the underlined word to make the statement true.

 

An oceanic trench, seismic activity, and volcanic mountains along the edge of a continent are characteristics of oceanic-oceanic plate convergence.

What do you call the movement of plate boundaries that are sliding past each other?

• transform-fault

• convergent

• divergent

• transparent 

How many major tectonic plates are there on Earth?

• six

• eight

• five

• seven

Modified True or False. Read carefully. Write True if the statement is correct. If incorrect, change the underlined word to make the statement true.

 

According to the Plate Tectonics theory, seafloor spreading takes place at a convergent boundary.

Modified True or False. Read carefully. Write True if the statement is correct. If incorrect, change the underlined word to make the statement true.

 

Most of the world’s volcanoes form along or near convergent and transform-fault boundaries.

Modified True or False. Read carefully. Write True if the statement is correct. If incorrect, change the underlined word to make the statement true.

 

The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a geologic feature produced by divergent boundaries.

What is Geology?

• The study of Earth’s physical structure and processes.

• The study places and its relation to Earth.

• The study of gene expression and hybridisation.

• The study of heat energy from inside the Earth.