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First Grading - 2nd Summative Test in Science

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why does oceanic crust usually subducts beneath the continental crust when two tectonic plates collide?

a)

It is denser than continental crust

b)

It is less dense than the continental crust

c)

It is thicker than the continental crust

d)

It is thinner than the continental crust

2.

Which type of stress applies on rocks that are pulled and break apart?

a)

tension

b)

compression

c)

shear

d)

structural

3.

Which of these stress causes the rocks to uplift, fold or fracture?

a)

tensional stress

b)

compression stress

c)

shear stress

d)

structural stress

4.

Which of these refers to the force applied to an object or material that causes change or deformation on it?

a)

fault

b)

stress

c)

strain

d)

fracture

5.

The crustal plate slide past one another plate without producing new landform on the crust. Which type of plate boundary is describe by the motion of the two plates?

a)

divergent plate boundary

b)

Convergent plate boundary

c)

transform fault boundary

d)

hot Spot

6.

Which of the following correctly describes convergent plate boundary?

a)

A & D

b)

B & E

c)

C & E

d)

C & D

7.

Which of the following correctly describes divergent plate boundary?

a)

A & F

b)

B & E

c)

C & F

d)

A & D

8.

Which of the following correctly describes transform fault boundary?

a)

A & D

b)

B & D

c)

C & F

d)

B & E

9.

Crustal plate A is moving away from crustal plate B. What type of plate boundary is described by the motion of the two plates?

a)

convergent plate boundary

b)

divergent plate boundary

c)

transform fault boundary

d)

all of these

10.

Which plate boundary is formed between the Philippine plate and the Eurasian plate?

a)

convergent plate

b)

transform fault

c)

divergent plate

d)

reverse fault

11.

Crustal plates under the ocean are moving towards each other and eventually the denser crustal plate bends towards the Earth’s mantle or undergoes subduction process. Which type of plate boundary is describe by the motion of the two plates.?

a)

Convergence of two continental plates

b)

Convergence of two young oceanic plates

c)

Convergence of young and old oceanic plates

d)

Convergence of continental and oceanic plate

12.

You can find ____ parallel to a trench. What is it?

a)

ocean ridge

b)

hot spot

c)

volcanic arc

d)

rift valley

13.

In a place known to be along converging plates, all of these can be expected to see, EXCEPT

a)

Volcanic Islands

b)

Rift Valleys

c)

Mountain Ranges

d)

Active Volcanoes

14.

You can find _________ parallel to fold mountains. What is it?

a)

Convergence of two oceanic plates

b)

Convergence of two continental plates

c)

Convergence of oceanic and continental plates

d)

All of the above

15.

In oceanic-oceanic convergent plate boundaries which landforms is not typically found?

a)

Oceanic Trench

b)

Volcanic Islands

c)

Mid-Ocean Ridges

d)

Undersea Volcanoes

16.

As an oceanographer, you notice that there is a potion on the ocean floor of the East Coast of the Philippines that is relatively deeper than the rest, what most likely is that deeper part?

a)

linear sea

b)

oceanic ridge

c)

rift valley

d)

trench

17.

It is a type of convergent boundary where subduction does not occur.

a)

oceanic-continental

b)

continental-continental

c)

oceanic-oceanic

d)

none of these

18.

In association with a convergent boundary, where can we find the existence of Volcanoes?

a)

At the top of the trench

b)

At the end of converging plates

c)

Behind the trench on the overriding plate

d)

In front of the trench on the descending plate

19.

At convergent plate boundaries, magma form when…

a)

The descending plate heats up and melts in the subduction zone.

b)

Friction from earthquakes causes rocks in the descending plate to melt.

c)

Water from the descending plate is added to rocks of the overriding plate.

d)

High pressure causes changes to the atomic structure of minerals in the overriding plate.

20.

A convergent plate boundary would be expected to make this kind of motion. What is it?

a)

The plates move together - squeezing the rock and/ or making the rock float back down into the surface of the earth.

b)

The plates move towards each other- squeezing the rock and/ or making the rock sink back down into the mantle.

c)

The plates slide past each other- squeezing the rock and/ or making the rock sink back down into the mantle.

d)

The plates move away from each other- squeezing the rock and/ or making the rock sink back down into the mantle.

21.

The motion of tectonic boundaries is cause by what event?

a)

The tides

b)

Strong Winds

c)

Convection currents in the mantle

d)

The movement of magma in the core

22.

Divergent plate boundary is best described as:

a)

A boundary between two plates that are not moving.

b)

A boundary between two plates that are crashing together.

c)

A boundary between two plates that are moving apart

d)

A boundary between two plates that are sliding past each other.

23.

The following are geologic features that could be formed out of a plate boundary movement. Which among them is a result of divergent plate boundary?

a)

Rift Valleys

b)

Island Arc

c)

Mountains

d)

Volcano

24.

Which of the following is found at a mid-ocean ridge?

a)

very ancient rocks

b)

thick accumulation of sediments

c)

reverse fault

d)

relatively young rocks

25.

Crustal plate A is moving away from crustal plate B. What is the expected average rate of change in position between A and B?

a)

a few centimeters per year

b)

a few meters per month

c)

a few millimeters per century

d)

a few millimeters per day

26.

What kind of plate boundary results to a mid ocean ridge?

a)

Ocean- ocean convergent plate

b)

Continental plate diverging

c)

Oceanic-Oceanic divergent plate

d)

Transform Plate boundary

27.

A transform plate boundary is best described as…

a)

Where two plates move toward and collide with each other.

b)

Where two plates slide alongside each other.

c)

Where two plates interact in any way.

d)

Where two plates move apart from one another.

28.

Where can we particularly see a transform fault?

a)

Only along mid-ocean ridges

b)

Only at the edge of continents

c)

Only in the middle of continents.

d)

Along mid-ocean ridges and other plate boundaries

29.

The following are example of transform plate boundary, except?

a)

Alpine Fault

b)

Dead Sea

c)

Mid-Atlantic Ridge

d)

San Andreas Fault

30.

__________ is one geological activity that happens in transform plate boundary.

a)

Trenches

b)

Earthquake

c)

Folded mountains

d)

Volcanoes